American films are terribly popular all over the world and American movie stars are terribly important. I don't know why.
Vincente Minnelli

But I think musicals are going to have to deal with important subjects.
Vincente Minnelli

But I went down to Venezuela and spend a few weeks going through jungles. It's fantastic looking.
Vincente Minnelli

But surrealism is present in most of my pictures.
Vincente Minnelli

Cedric Gibbons was the grand cardinal of the art department.
Vincente Minnelli

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

Dali was the great painter then and surrealism was a way of life.
Vincente Minnelli

Designing Woman was written for the screen.
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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

I allow an area for improvisation because the chemical things actors bring to stories make it not work.
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I always have coffee without sugar, you know. Just cream.
Vincente Minnelli

I always liked the Van Gogh story because I was terribly involved in that.
Vincente Minnelli

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

I learn new things all the time.
Vincente Minnelli

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

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

I seem to be drawn to things that actually happen.
Vincente Minnelli

I started out to be a painter and was born into the theater.
Vincente Minnelli

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

I've worked with an awful lot of people. Katy Hepburn, Spencer Tracy.
Vincente Minnelli