94 Quotes by Cyd Charisse

Most men, even egotistic actors, always shy away from dancing with me. Other dancers report the same trouble. They probably figure that I would be mentally comparing them with Fred Astaire or Gene Kelly. So I go to parties and usually just sit - unless George Burns is there - and then I have a ball.

I like to work. It gets boring sitting around.

Whenever they do leg pictures, I'm it!

The censors were always there when I was on the set.

TV has made dancing less important. It used to be a real treat to go to the movies and see Fred Astaire dance. But now you see dancing every time you turn on the set. You see lines of girls on the variety shows - even girls dancing around a big box of cleaning powder for commercials.

If I had to give up either acting or dancing, I'd choose to keep dancing.

I was this tiny, frail little girl, I needed to build up muscle, and I fell in love with dancing from the first lesson.

I never considered going into motion pictures.

If you worry about taking risks, don't do it.