Singing and Dancing Quotes

A musical is the same as a burlap sack, I would not want to be in either

I think that kids need to grow up watching what I grew up watching - great entertainment; you know, Judy Garland and all these musicals that bring song and dance and acting all together in a polished way.

I was in the final running for the Zac Efron role in 'High School Musical.'

I come from a very vaudevillian family.

I wish I had come along when the studios were making those big musical pictures. It would be great to do re-makes of some of the old ones like 'Porgy and Bess' or 'Showboat.' I'd love to do 'em.

I can't sing and I can't dance, but I can lick any S.O.B. in the house.

If you saw me in 'The King and I,' I had that angelic, virginal face.

I'm no Zac Efron.

I grew up on musicals, and I love them so much.

The thing about movie musicals is that there have been some brilliant ones, but when they're bad, they're really bad - big white elephants.

My neighbor, she invited me to an Elvis party. I told her I couldn't come 'cause I'd be too busy making fun of her from behind my blinds.

I'm essentially an actor. And the fact that I got away with singing and dancing for a long time is still a miracle to me.

I worked with my parents on the stage in production numbers since I was 4, but I never really gave much thought to being a performer on my own until I was 12 or 13.

I was six years old when 'The Little Mermaid' was released in 1989 and was immediately struck by the fiery-maned, melodic-voiced, tail-swinging mermaid protagonist. She spoke to me on levels deeper than her father's oceanic kingdom.

When I was growing up, there were so many musicals you could watch. I like the fantasy of musicals and I love music.

Someone needs to make a zombie movie where when you get bit it turns you into a singing and dancing extraordinaire.

I'd been brought up on musicals. Instead of cartoons, we watched videocassettes of musicals at home.

Doing a musical is not just acting. It's total theater. When you have to justify the enormous projection of energy it takes to just go into song and dance, you realized why it's such a humbling experience every time you go into a show.

What good is sitting alone in your room? Come hear the music play; Life is a cabaret, old chum, Come to the cabaret.

Both of my parents have been actors; there were a lot of show tunes on in the car all of the time. I grew up with that.

I have to go back to my younger days, when I just adored Hollywood musicals.

I grew up with the movies of Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire and Judy Garland - these are the kinds of shows and the kinds of numbers in shows that I dreamed of being in and doing when I was a kid.

I would be a horrible lip-syncher. I would only ever sing live - that's why people come and see the show. It's not the easiest thing in the world to sing and dance at the same time, which is why I'm grateful to be able to do both.

I had no idea of being a star, all I knew was that I wanted to be a great actress, I wanted to work as an actress. So I thought the way I would be a great actress was to sing and dance first. Lay a foundation - get my foot in the door, and then undoubtedly, of course, I would be offered great roles as soon as I grew up enough to handle them.

Justin Timberlake has a great live show.