Well, my legs are the same size; I'm still 5-foot-10 - that's with heels. I started dancing when I was 13 months old. The first dance I did was the Black Bottom, and I did the same routine for years in the acts. - Donald O'Connor Quotes
Well, my legs are the same size; I'm still 5-foot-10 - that's with heels. I started dancing when I was 13 months old. The first dance I did was the Black Bottom, and I did the same routine for years in the acts. Donald O'Connor
 

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I like it live. I think the numbers are live in the movie. If they replaced any, it would have been due to extreme set noise. - Donald O'Connor Quotes

I like it live. I think the numbers are live in the movie. If they replaced any, it would have been due to extreme set noise.

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I'm basically a hoofer, a tap dancer. I was always very good from the waist down, moving with the feet... I became what's known as a total dancer, using the entire body in order to express what you want to express in tap dancing and line. - Donald O'Connor Quotes

I'm basically a hoofer, a tap dancer. I was always very good from the waist down, moving with the feet... I became what's known as a total dancer, using the entire body in order to express what you want to express in tap dancing and line.

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They put me in a harness, like a horse, to learn the back somersault. It was weird up there when I put on that harness for the first time. The courage came with practice. - Donald O'Connor Quotes

They put me in a harness, like a horse, to learn the back somersault. It was weird up there when I put on that harness for the first time. The courage came with practice.

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 German Artist
I grew up in vaudeville. All the hoofers used to get together in a drugstore down the street from the theater, or what-have-you, and if they knew a new step they would teach it to you. I learned hoofing steps that way. But going into ballet didn't come until I made those pictures with Kelly. - Donald O'Connor Quotes

I grew up in vaudeville. All the hoofers used to get together in a drugstore down the street from the theater, or what-have-you, and if they knew a new step they would teach it to you. I learned hoofing steps that way. But going into ballet didn't come until I made those pictures with Kelly.

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I'm not a good choreographer: I can't remember what I put down. - Donald O'Connor Quotes

I'm not a good choreographer: I can't remember what I put down.

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 German Artist
Going up the walls doing somersaults, that trick took a couple of days. - Donald O'Connor Quotes

Going up the walls doing somersaults, that trick took a couple of days.

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 German Artist
It's so wonderful... if your whole day is rotten, once they start the music, it seems to melt away. - Donald O'Connor Quotes

It's so wonderful... if your whole day is rotten, once they start the music, it seems to melt away.

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 German Artist
I didn't smoke. I didn't smoke then, and I don't smoke now. We worked every day - that keeps you in pretty good shape. We could go for a long time in one take. You had to be in good shape with Gene Kelly. - Donald O'Connor Quotes

I didn't smoke. I didn't smoke then, and I don't smoke now. We worked every day - that keeps you in pretty good shape. We could go for a long time in one take. You had to be in good shape with Gene Kelly.

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 German Artist
You see, as far as the man's personality goes, there's no one who can touch Fred Astaire. He's unique. But for the work he does, I would say Tommy can do it, Fosse can do it. - Donald O'Connor Quotes

You see, as far as the man's personality goes, there's no one who can touch Fred Astaire. He's unique. But for the work he does, I would say Tommy can do it, Fosse can do it.

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I can picture things, like a painter would, though I'm not good at painting, either. - Donald O'Connor Quotes

I can picture things, like a painter would, though I'm not good at painting, either.

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