Vanessa Paradis Quotes

Gene Kelly was a little tough, and he used to yell at me on the set.

I watch 'Singin' in the Rain' at least once a year with my grandchildren, and they just adore it.

'The King and I' - one of the first films I ever saw.

There's a scene in 'Singin' in the Rain' where this guy dances with a giant doll while singing 'Make 'Em Laugh.' I remember loving the pure physicality of it.

It's kind of a lost art form, the musical, in a way, so when 'La La Land' came around, I couldn't believe my luck. I just felt like I needed someone to keep on pinching me 'cause not only was it a chance to make a musical but to work with Damien Chazelle, Emma Stone, and Ryan Gosling.

The original 'About Last Night' was phenomenal.

The Fred Astaire movies made a huge impression on me.

I wanted to be Gene Kelly. Well really, I just wanted to dance with Cyd Charisse.

I'm doing 'Les Miserables,' the movie. I've done a lot of musicals and a lot of movies, and I know there are not a lot of people in Hollywood who have been down those two paths so I've been like, 'Come on, let's do a movie/musical.'

I'm really influenced by Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly.

'Once Upon a Time in the West' is a great movie.

Whether it's Cyd Charisse and Fred Astaire or 'West Side Story,' see it on the big screen. That's the way we should appreciate it.

It's a phenomenon how 'Grease' is so popular; it really is.

One of my favorite movies is 'Some Like It Hot,' which isn't really a musical, but I'm just such a sucker for old movies. I wouldn't want to ever tarnish one of them, or do a spot-on remake, but just do something light like that where I get to glide across the floor. I would be a very happy camper.

My mom always had me and my brother watching old Fred Astaire movies.

There weren't a lot of 'Singin' in the Rain' fans in my age group.

Donald O'Connor was in the film [ 'Singin' in the Rain' ] as well, and he was only 27 years old. So we were closer in age, and had more fun together on the set. Gene was more my teacher and mentor.

Gene Kelly was a great dancer and I was lucky to be in 'Singin' in the Rain.' He was my teacher when I was 17 years old, when he was 37 years old. He taught me everything.

Inside my heart, there's a 12-year-old girl who has always wanted to be Ginger Rogers.

I saw The Sound of Music when I was 10 and thought that it was the most beautiful singing I had ever heard.

I can always remember the dances, even from shows I did 40 years ago.

The best films in the world, you've got to beg and plead and try your best to get.

The movie 'Black Cat,' from 1934, is one of my favorite movies.

Did any artist ever bring more pure joy to more people than Fred Astaire?

I really liked John Candy in 'Planes, Trains & Automobiles.' He was so good in that movie.