Donald O'Connor
Donald O'Connor
Fun-loving movie star and dancer who gained fame for his role as Gene Kelly's friend Cosmo Brown in the classic 1952 film Singin' in the Rain.
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth28 August 1925
CityChicago, IL
remember i-can choreographers
I'm not a good choreographer: I can't remember what I put down.
laughter thinking people
I was born and raised to entertain other people. I've heard laughter and applause and known a lot of sorrow. Everything about me is based on show business - I think it will bring me happiness. I hope so.
missing over-you television
That is the godawful thing about television today. Performers don't have any place to hit and miss. You're either in or you're out; you don't have a chance to become good at your craft. If you make three pictures in a row and they don't go over, you're out of the business.
rotten wonderful seems
It's so wonderful... if your whole day is rotten, once they start the music, it seems to melt away.
years laughing orchestra
Remember, if you do the same act for 20, 30 years it gets a little boring unless you've got something else going for you... And the orchestra really kept you going. They'd laugh at all your jokes, even if they'd been hearing them for the last 30 years.
painting painter i-can
I can picture things, like a painter would, though Im not good at painting, either.
courage horse practice
They put me in a harness, like a horse, to learn the back somersault. It was weird up there when I put on that harness for the first time. The courage came with practice.
moving order feet
I`m basically a hoofer, a tap dancer. I was always very good from the waist down, moving with the feet... I became what`s known as a total dancer, using the entire body in order to express what you want to express in tap dancing and line.
awards achievement lifetime
I'd like to thank the Academy for my lifetime achievement award that I will eventually get.
long people littles
Short people have long faces, and long people have short faces. Big people have little humor, and little people have no humor at all.
men unique personality
You see, as far as the man's personality goes, there's no one who can touch Fred Astaire. He's unique.
long shapes genes
I didn't smoke. I didn't smoke then, and I don't smoke now. We worked every day - that keeps you in pretty good shape. We could go for a long time in one take. You had to be in good shape with Gene Kelly.