“You know the best advice I ever got? You're up there on stage, hoping on a spot. If someone gets in your way, step on them. If you're the only one left standing there, they hire you. That's about it. Thank you and good night, ladies and gentlemen. Elvis has left the building.”
Gina Gershon - Cristal Connors

“- Joe Fabrini: l ain't danced in a long time.
- Cassie Hartley: Me neither, and l used to love it. lt's the most fun you can have without laughing.”
George Raft - Joe Fabrini
Ann Sheridan - Cassie Hartley

“- Roy Cronin: Must be good for the muscles. I should think a dancer's muscles would be like a strongman.
- Myra: Not quite. That's a bit dreadful. We try to combine slenderness with strength. I've been dancing since I was twelve and I don't think the muscles are over developed.”

Robert Taylor - Roy Cronin
Vivien Leigh - Myra

“Wish I could have seen the ballet. I'm sure it would have been a pleasant memory in the trenches.”

Robert Taylor - Roy Cronin

“- Kitty: The whole world doesn't begin and end with a ballet.
- Madame Olga Kirowa: My world does! And while you are with me, so must yours!”

Virginia Field - Kitty
Maria Ouspenskaya - Madame Olga Kirowa