I Got Started Dancing Because I Knew

It Fit Into My Scheme Of Things For Many Reasons. At The Time It Was True That Male Dancers Were Looked Down Upon, And It Was True That A Lot Of The Male Dancers Were Effeminate. But What I Was Really Trying To Do Was Develop Something That Would Be American.

The Only Time I Feel Pressured Is When Some Woman's Husband Comes Over And Says, "will You Go Ask My Wife To Dance? She's A Great Dancer And Would Just Love To Dance With You."suddenly There's A Crowd Of People Standing Around Us And They Expect That They're About To See Fred And Ginger. Here The Woman And I Have Just Met, And These People Think That It's Showtime. That Is The Only Time I Think It Is Really Embarrassing.

In Fact, I Wasn't Going To Dance In Xanadu, But Several Journalists Told Me That Olivia Newton-john Kept Saying How Sad She Was That She Wouldn't Get The Chance To Dance With Me. So I Finally Said, "all Right, Throw In A Number." But I'm Through With Dancing.

There's Nothing Revolutionary About Saturday Night Fever . You Can See The Same Kind Of Movement At Your Local Disco.

At The Time The Quickest Way To Establish Yourself As An American Was To Throw A Little Bit Of Tap Into Your Dance - Even When It Wasn't Called For. But What Also Helped Me Was The Fact That I Was Dancing In Roles That I Had Played.