I had given up the theater and everything propelled me into entertainment. And I didn't resist it.

Quote by Vincente Minnelli

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I seem to be drawn to things that actually happen.

I seem to be drawn to things that actually happen.

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

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

American films are terribly popular all over the world and American movie stars are terribly...

American films are terribly popular all over the world and American movie stars are terribly...

Designing Woman was written for the screen.

Designing Woman was written for the screen.

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.

Nowadays the audience has changed. No one can anticipate the audience. That's what I think...

Nowadays the audience has changed. No one can anticipate the audience. That's what I think...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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

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

It's always the story that interests me.

It's always the story that interests me.

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...

But surrealism is present in most of my pictures.

But surrealism is present in most of my pictures.

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

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

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

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

Cedric Gibbons was the grand cardinal of the art department.

Cedric Gibbons was the grand cardinal of the art department.