I was trying to be very at ease in this arrogant person, and very worldly, but something human came into the part. I hate to say that. I wanted to be totally worldly.
I toured the Middle Eastern countries with the ballet.
I think it's the end of progress if you stand still and think of what you've done in the past. I keep on.
I regret not doing a film that I was offered with Clark Gable because the script was not good enough.
I know a lot of Americans in Paris who have married Frenchmen. They keep bringing up their experience, the clash of civilizations, the clash of personalities.
I hate biographies which say, I was called to such and such an office, and he offered me so and so, and I got so and so money. I find that very tedious. The best biographies are written by other people.
I went to the Tokyo Film Festival in Japan because I love Japanese cinema.
No matter what you do, your person comes through. You can't completely change yourself on the screen. I had in mind someone colder and more in control, but I couldn't do it. This human note just crept in and maybe it's better.
Fred Astaire was a more formal, trained dancer who loved waltzing and only danced with the girls.
Cinema will always have an important role to play in society.
I had two children. I had a nanny to manage my kids.
There were many good actresses in my time like Jane Powell and Debbie Reynolds, but I was the only dancer.
I seemed to belong to three countries: I had an apartment in Paris, a house in Hollywood, and when I married British theater director Peter Hall, I moved to London.
It's very difficult to marry into another civilization.
We were all ruled by the studio system. I signed a contract for seven years.