94 Quotes by Cyd Charisse

Sometimes it's a bit hard for a person to get the rhythm of music from the ear to the feet, but that's a matter of coordination.

I'm a dancer and when I walk off stage there isn't a dry spot on me. This means my hair has to be put up again between shows. I have to make up and dress all over again.

People who think they're making a fool of themselves on the dance floor usually do.

Tap was against everything I had learned to do. I was pulled up as a ballet dancer, and I wasn't used to pounding the floor with bent knees.

When I'm working on a picture, I get up at 6 o'clock in the morning, report to the sound stage for rehearsals at 8, then appear before the camera from 9 to 6. I dread going to lunch, because during that hour my muscles get cold and I have to warm them up again. Standing still is the most miserable thing a dancer has to do.

It would be impossible to make a comparison between Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly. Their personalities are entirely different.

I get really attached to dogs.

I'm not a luncheon personality so I skip it.

Whenever an actress marries a nonprofessional with the promise she can carry on her career, either the marriage ends or the career does. Only actors understand the demands of professional lives and make allowance for them.