I seem to be drawn to things that actually happen.

Quote by Vincente Minnelli

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

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

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...

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...

Designing Woman was written for the screen.

Designing Woman was written for the screen.

It's the story that counts.

It's the story that counts.

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

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

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

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

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...

It's always the story that interests me.

It's always the story that interests me.

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

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

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

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

But surrealism is present in most of my pictures.

But surrealism is present in most of my pictures.

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

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

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 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.

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...

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.

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'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.