“Don’t dance for the audience; dance for yourself.”

They may not know what I’m doing, but they know I’m doing something!

The time to sing is when your emotional level is just too high to speak anymore, and the time to dance is when your emotions are just too strong to only sing about how you feel.

I like attractive people who aren’t so terribly aware that they are attractive… people who aren’t afraid to roll on the floor and make fools out of themselves.

Human beings are born with the instinct to express themselves through movement. Even before he could communicate with words, primitive man was dancing to the beat of his own heart.

I think Balanchine and Robbins talk to God and when I call, he’s out to lunch.

Bigger films are more difficult because the number of people is so huge.

I need to talk about Chinese culture. We have deep, strong philosophy and culture. I want to share some information, tell the worldwide audience.

People look to me to see what the spirit of the Seventies is.

Right is Right even if nobody does it. Wrong is wrong even if everybody is wrong about it.

The ‘well-informed citizenry is in danger of becoming the ‘well-amused audience’.

You’ve got to keep your finger on the pulse of what your audience is thinking and know what they’ll accept from you.

If you are halfway smart, and you could really listen to the audience, you could really learn a lot.

Hong Kong film audiences are very quiet. It’s their culture.