Vera-Ellen Quotes

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Vera-Ellen

Profession : Dancer

Birth : February 16, 1921

Good posture takes inches off my waist. I have a feeling of lifting my rib cage off my hip bones, of flattening the space between my navel and my backbone. If you stand sideways in front of a long mirror you can see how eliminating a slump gives a more youthful line to your body.

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I am five feet four and I felt great at 96 pounds. When I was dancing I was so light I enjoyed it. Although I was told that I was too thin, I paid no attention to anyone. Then I found out that I had lost a role I wanted very much because the producer preferred an actress with more curves.

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One thing I liked about living in London was the smaller portions they serve. They eat more often but less at a time.

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Once you are accustomed to giving your body a daily workout, you feel constrained when you don't exercise.

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So many people ask me it it isn't thrilling to kiss all these handsome movie stars? It isn't anything like that. It's simply part of the acting.

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I never wear a girdle when I'm on a long trip. And I climb Into flat shoes the minute I get on a plane.

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I'm funny about that. I don't want to change my name or the color of my hair.

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There's not the choice of eligible males in Hollywood that you have in other places.

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I'm the girl who is always being discovered.

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Ted Lewis discovered me; so did Billy Rose, Dick Rodgers and Sam Goldwyn.

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Hollywood has 'The Body' Marie McDonald and 'The Look' Lauren Bacall and 'The Voice' Frank Sinatra. I'm 'The Dash' From my first contract on, I've had it written in that they cannot leave out the hyphen.

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I work harder, actually, when I'm not making a movie.

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I would have never seen any thing outside of Norwood, Ohio, if it hadn't been for show business.

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New York, with its stage musicals and night club shows, is the place to go. Success there will open the doors of Hollywood.

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There is no place at the top in Hollywood for a dancer who can't act and sing.

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Once when I danced on television there was no script for me. They told me, 'you know, just dance.' Well, you don't 'just dance.'

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There are more real dancers now. It used to be that they would dub in the taps and obscure the lack of technique with long camera shots.

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The only 'B' I got was in physical education.

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I'd really planned to be glamorous.

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There is an indefinable quality possessed by some artists. You simply can't explain it.

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