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

Quote by Vincente Minnelli

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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...

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 made three films with Douglas, two with Charles Boyer.

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

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 learn new things all the time.

I learn new things all the time.

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 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...

It's always the story that interests me.

It's always the story that interests me.

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

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

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.

I seem to be drawn to things that actually happen.

I seem to be drawn to things that actually happen.

But surrealism is present in most of my pictures.

But surrealism is present in most of my pictures.

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.

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

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

Cedric Gibbons was the grand cardinal of the art department.

Cedric Gibbons was the grand cardinal of the art department.