If I counted them all up, I was a dancer in sixty movies!
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I remember, as I was hovering around 40, I thought each movie would be my last, really.
I did 125 films, and over 100 television shows, and you've never seen the same character twice.
I could say now at 66, yeah, I was a fabulous dancer. I was really terrific, you know. But I was always present. I was present. I was supposed to be where I was supposed to be at the time I was supposed to be.
There were many good actresses in my time like Jane Powell and Debbie Reynolds, but I was the only dancer.
I think I've done 200 plays and 125 movies, so I've been very lucky to have made a living at acting.
I collaborated on most of my dance numbers, literally 50/50, with the choreographers I worked with.
I'd done about 10 movies before I decided I wanted to make acting the main thrust of my career.
Do you know how many concerts I've done in my whole life, in more than 35 years of performing? Sixty-four.
I'd maybe done about 12 movies when I decided that this was what I was going to do.
I made about 56 movies, I think. Not that many.