No, I only like whether I like the story or not, essentially see something in it that isn't completely there.

Quote by Vincente Minnelli

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It's always the story that interests me.

It's always the story that interests me.

It's the story that counts.

It's the story that counts.

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

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

I learn new things all the time.

I learn new things all the time.

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 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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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.

But surrealism is present in most of my pictures.

But surrealism is present in most of my pictures.