Dali was the great painter then and surrealism was a way of life.
- Vincente Minnelli
Painter, Surrealism, Then, Dali
Fortunately, John Houseman is a marvelous writer and he sat in on so many story conferences. He worked with Welles, you know, and he's a marvelous man.
- Vincente Minnelli
Sat, Many, Fortunately, Welles
I allow an area for improvisation because the chemical things actors bring to stories make it not work.
- Vincente Minnelli
Stories, Allow, Area, Improvisation
Color can do anything that black-and-white can.
- Vincente Minnelli
Color, Anything, Black-And-White
Cedric Gibbons was the grand cardinal of the art department.
- Vincente Minnelli
Art, Grand, Cardinal, Department
I see wonderful films by Bertolucci, Visconti, and Fellini.
- Vincente Minnelli
See, I See, Films, Fellini
But I went down to Venezuela and spend a few weeks going through jungles. It's fantastic looking.
- Vincente Minnelli
Through, Going, Weeks, Venezuela
Nowadays the audience has changed. No one can anticipate the audience.
- Vincente Minnelli
Audience, Anticipate, Changed
That's what I think musicals will come to. No backstage stories, nothing of that sort.
- Vincente Minnelli
Think, I Think, Stories, Backstage
In the Thirties, when I was in New York, I did the first surrealistic ballet in a show of mine.
- Vincente Minnelli
New York, New, Mine, Thirties
I always have coffee without sugar, you know. Just cream.
- Vincente Minnelli
Coffee, Know, Always, Sugar
But I think musicals are going to have to deal with important subjects.
- Vincente Minnelli
Think, Important, Deal, Musicals
American films are terribly popular all over the world and American movie stars are terribly important. I don't know why.
- Vincente Minnelli
Movie, Over, Films, Popular
I made three films with Douglas, two with Charles Boyer.
- Vincente Minnelli
Made, Films, Charles, Douglas
Designing Woman was written for the screen.
- Vincente Minnelli
Woman, Screen, Written, Designing
I always liked the Van Gogh story because I was terribly involved in that.
- Vincente Minnelli
Always, Van, Van Gogh, Gogh
We shot that in all the real places where Van Gogh worked.
- Vincente Minnelli
Places, Van, Worked, Gogh
I've worked with an awful lot of people. Katy Hepburn, Spencer Tracy.
- Vincente Minnelli
Lot, Worked, Awful Lot, None
If anybody reads a story in a magazine or book, different pictures compete in their minds.
- Vincente Minnelli
Minds, Compete, Anybody, Magazine
West Side Story was terribly important because of the style of the dancing and the gangs of New York.
- Vincente Minnelli
Dancing, New, Side, Gangs
It's always the story that interests me.
- Vincente Minnelli
Me, Story, Always, Interests
No, I only like whether I like the story or not, essentially see something in it that isn't completely there.
- Vincente Minnelli
See, Like, Whether, Essentially
I use colors to bring fine points of story and character.
- Vincente Minnelli
Character, Fine, Use, Points
The Pirate is surrealism and so, in a curious way, is Father of the Bride.
- Vincente Minnelli
Bride, Curious, Pirate, Surrealism
But surrealism is present in most of my pictures.
- Vincente Minnelli
Present, Pictures, Most, Surrealism
I seem to be drawn to things that actually happen.
- Vincente Minnelli
Happen, Things, Actually, Drawn
I started out to be a painter and was born into the theater.
- Vincente Minnelli
Born, Started, Painter, Theater
I had given up the theater and everything propelled me into entertainment. And I didn't resist it.
- Vincente Minnelli
Entertainment, Resist, Given, Theater
It's the story that counts.
- Vincente Minnelli
Story, Movies, Counts
I learn new things all the time.
- Vincente Minnelli
Learn, New, Things, New Things
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