Facts about Vincente Minnelli

Occup.Director
FromUSA
BornFebruary 28, 1903
DiedJanuary 25, 1986
Aged82 years

Summary

Vincente Minnelli was a famous Director from USA, who lived between February 28, 1903 and January 25, 1986. He/she became 82 years old.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac pisces, who is known for Fluctuation, Depth, Imagination, Reactive, Indecisive. Our collection contains 30 quotes who is written / told by Vincente.

Related authors: Judy Garland (Actress)

30 Famous quotes by Vincente Minnelli

Small: Nowadays the audience has changed. No one can anticipate the audience
"Nowadays the audience has changed. No one can anticipate the audience"
Small: Color can do anything that black-and-white can
"Color can do anything that black-and-white can"
Small: No, I only like whether I like the story or not, essentially see something in it that isnt completely t
"No, I only like whether I like the story or not, essentially see something in it that isn't completely there"
Small: Its always the story that interests me
"It's always the story that interests me"
Small: If anybody reads a story in a magazine or book, different pictures compete in their minds
"If anybody reads a story in a magazine or book, different pictures compete in their minds"
Small: I seem to be drawn to things that actually happen
"I seem to be drawn to things that actually happen"
Small: I had given up the theater and everything propelled me into entertainment. And I didnt resist it
"I had given up the theater and everything propelled me into entertainment. And I didn't resist it"
Small: Thats what I think musicals will come to. No backstage stories, nothing of that sort
"That's what I think musicals will come to. No backstage stories, nothing of that sort"
Small: I started out to be a painter and was born into the theater
"I started out to be a painter and was born into the theater"
Small: I made three films with Douglas, two with Charles Boyer
"I made three films with Douglas, two with Charles Boyer"
Small: I allow an area for improvisation because the chemical things actors bring to stories make it not work
"I allow an area for improvisation because the chemical things actors bring to stories make it not work"
Small: But I went down to Venezuela and spend a few weeks going through jungles. Its fantastic looking
"But I went down to Venezuela and spend a few weeks going through jungles. It's fantastic looking"
Small: But I think musicals are going to have to deal with important subjects
"But I think musicals are going to have to deal with important subjects"
Small: I use colors to bring fine points of story and character
"I use colors to bring fine points of story and character"
Small: I learn new things all the time
"I learn new things all the time"
Small: I always liked the Van Gogh story because I was terribly involved in that
"I always liked the Van Gogh story because I was terribly involved in that"
Small: Cedric Gibbons was the grand cardinal of the art department
"Cedric Gibbons was the grand cardinal of the art department"
Small: But surrealism is present in most of my pictures
"But surrealism is present in most of my pictures"
Small: Designing Woman was written for the screen
"Designing Woman was written for the screen"
Small: In the Thirties, when I was in New York, I did the first surrealistic ballet in a show of mine
"In the Thirties, when I was in New York, I did the first surrealistic ballet in a show of mine"
Small: Ive worked with an awful lot of people. Katy Hepburn, Spencer Tracy
"I've worked with an awful lot of people. Katy Hepburn, Spencer Tracy"
Small: I see wonderful films by Bertolucci, Visconti, and Fellini
"I see wonderful films by Bertolucci, Visconti, and Fellini"
Small: I always have coffee without sugar, you know. Just cream
"I always have coffee without sugar, you know. Just cream"
Small: Fortunately, John Houseman is a marvelous writer and he sat in on so many story conferences. He worked
"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"
Small: Dali was the great painter then and surrealism was a way of life
"Dali was the great painter then and surrealism was a way of life"
Small: West Side Story was terribly important because of the style of the dancing and the gangs of New York
"West Side Story was terribly important because of the style of the dancing and the gangs of New York"
Small: We shot that in all the real places where Van Gogh worked
"We shot that in all the real places where Van Gogh worked"
Small: The Pirate is surrealism and so, in a curious way, is Father of the Bride
"The Pirate is surrealism and so, in a curious way, is Father of the Bride"
Small: Its the story that counts
"It's the story that counts"
Small: American films are terribly popular all over the world and American movie stars are terribly important.
"American films are terribly popular all over the world and American movie stars are terribly important. I don't know why"