If anybody reads a story in a magazine or book, different pictures compete in their minds.
Vincente Minnelli

In the Thirties, when I was in New York, I did the first surrealistic ballet in a show of mine.
Vincente Minnelli

It's always the story that interests me.
Vincente Minnelli

It's the story that counts.
Vincente Minnelli

No, I only like whether I like the story or not, essentially see something in it that isn't completely there.
Vincente Minnelli

Nowadays the audience has changed. No one can anticipate the audience.
Vincente Minnelli

That's what I think musicals will come to. No backstage stories, nothing of that sort.
Vincente Minnelli

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

We shot that in all the real places where Van Gogh worked.
Vincente Minnelli

West Side Story was terribly important because of the style of the dancing and the gangs of New York.
Vincente Minnelli