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Quote of the Day Fresh quotes Topics Authors I'm Feeling Lucky Disable ads! 17 quotes by Stanley Donen Stanley Donen (/ˈdɔːnən/ DAWN-ən; born April 13, 1924) is an American film director and choreographer whose most celebrated works are Singin' in the Rain and On the Town, both of which he co-directed with actor and dancer Gene Kelly. His other noteworthy films include Royal Wedding, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Funny Face, Indiscreet, Damn Yankees!, Charade, and Two for the Road. He received an Honorary Academy Award in 1998 for his body of... Read full biography of Stanley Donen → 1 2 Ctrl → There's no more film. Film is gone. We photograph digitally and electronically. We don't really use film the same way anymore - it's... → 0 What I got, unconsciously, from admiring Fred Astaire was that he didn't want what he was doing to look difficult. What was difficult, in my... → 0 Jean-Luc Godard said that cinema is the truth 24 frames a second. I think cinema is lies 24 frames a second. 0 My childhood wasn't very happy. It's a long, grim story about being a Jew in a small southern town. 0 It was very hard to make 'Funny Face' in Paris because making movies is difficult and making a movie in a city that was glorious, that was... → 0 People always say to me, 'You have such a clearly defined sense of style,' and when I hear it, I get crazed, because what I hear - and I know... → 0 I can still dance a little, yes, but I like singing better. It's more fun. 0 I don't have too many friends. I have only a few people who I really love. 0 I think of myself as a meat-and-potatoes kind of director. 0 What we all like in life, I think, is the challenge of making something... that is not easy to do. 0 When Fred Astaire danced, everything in this world was perfect. 0 I started dancing when I saw Fred Astaire in 'Flying Down to Rio,' at approximately nine years old. Fred Astaire influenced me, more than... → 0 The funniest thing is not who influenced me positively, but who influenced me negatively. I had such an aversion to what Busby Berkeley did; in my... → 0 1 2 Ctrl → Add a quote!


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