American films are terribly popular all over the world and American movie stars are terribly important. I don't know why.

Quote by Vincente Minnelli

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I've worked with an awful lot of people. Katy Hepburn, Spencer Tracy.

I've worked with an awful lot of people. Katy Hepburn, Spencer Tracy.

If anybody reads a story in a magazine or book, different pictures compete in their...

If anybody reads a story in a magazine or book, different pictures compete in their...

Color can do anything that black-and-white can.

Color can do anything that black-and-white can.

I learn new things all the time.

I learn new things all the time.

I started out to be a painter and was born into the theater.

I started out to be a painter and was born into the theater.

It's always the story that interests me.

It's always the story that interests me.

I always have coffee without sugar, you know. Just cream.

I always have coffee without sugar, you know. Just cream.

West Side Story was terribly important because of the style of the dancing and the...

West Side Story was terribly important because of the style of the dancing and the...

It's the story that counts.

It's the story that counts.

The Pirate is surrealism and so, in a curious way, is Father of the Bride.

The Pirate is surrealism and so, in a curious way, is Father of the Bride.

But I went down to Venezuela and spend a few weeks going through jungles. It's...

But I went down to Venezuela and spend a few weeks going through jungles. It's...

But surrealism is present in most of my pictures.

But surrealism is present in most of my pictures.

In the Thirties, when I was in New York, I did the first surrealistic ballet...

In the Thirties, when I was in New York, I did the first surrealistic ballet...

I allow an area for improvisation because the chemical things actors bring to stories make...

I allow an area for improvisation because the chemical things actors bring to stories make...

We shot that in all the real places where Van Gogh worked.

We shot that in all the real places where Van Gogh worked.

I always liked the Van Gogh story because I was terribly involved in that.

I always liked the Van Gogh story because I was terribly involved in that.

I see wonderful films by Bertolucci, Visconti, and Fellini.

I see wonderful films by Bertolucci, Visconti, and Fellini.

Fortunately, John Houseman is a marvelous writer and he sat in on so many story...

Fortunately, John Houseman is a marvelous writer and he sat in on so many story...

But I think musicals are going to have to deal with important subjects.

But I think musicals are going to have to deal with important subjects.

I seem to be drawn to things that actually happen.

I seem to be drawn to things that actually happen.