I allow an area for improvisation because the chemical things actors bring to stories make it not work.

Quote by Vincente Minnelli

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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...

It's the story that counts.

It's the story that counts.

I use colors to bring fine points of story and character.

I use colors to bring fine points of story and character.

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 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.

Designing Woman was written for the screen.

Designing Woman was written for the screen.

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

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

I made three films with Douglas, two with Charles Boyer.

I made three films with Douglas, two with Charles Boyer.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Dali was the great painter then and surrealism was a way of life.

Dali was the great painter then and surrealism was a way of life.

Cedric Gibbons was the grand cardinal of the art department.

Cedric Gibbons was the grand cardinal of the art department.

No, I only like whether I like the story or not, essentially see something in...

No, I only like whether I like the story or not, essentially see something in...

I learn new things all the time.

I learn new things all the time.

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...