When Ginger Rogers Danced With

My Mother Had Gotten A Job As A Receptionist At A Dancing School And Had The Idea That We Should Open Our Own Dancing School; We Did, And It Prospered.

It Fit Into My Scheme Of Things For Many Reasons. At The Time It Was True That Male Dancers Were Looked Down Upon, And It Was True That A Lot Of The Male Dancers Were Effeminate. But What I Was Really Trying To Do Was Develop Something That Would Be American.

I Never Wanted To Be A Dancer. It's True! I Wanted To Be A Shortstop For The Pittsburgh Pirates.

If I Played A Tough Kid On The Street I Couldn't Go Out There And Get Into Fifth Position. I Had To Dance Like A Tough Kid On The Street.

I Don't Understand The Whole Concept Of Doubles. They Used To Do That In The Early Sound Films In Hollywood, But I Thought We Had Gotten Rid Of That. Now Not Only Do You Have Doubles, But As In Flashdance, You Have Triples, Quadruples. From My Point Of View It Is Bad For The Art.