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 Donald O'Connor Quotation"Revivals are so popular now. But doing one would mean being out in cold, cold New York for a year, a year and a half," he said. "I'd rather do something where I go in and work a week, maybe three days. Get it done and come back home." O'Connor quit the "Francis" series in 1955, saying, "When you've made six pictures and the mule still gets more fan mail than you do ...." In a brief statement, the family said that among O'Connor's last words was the following quip: "I'd like to thank the Academy for my lifetime achievement award that I will eventually get." "It's not easy working with a genius - but Gene was very patient with me." - On his Singin' in the Rain (1952) co-star, Gene Kelly, in 1988. "I know what you're thinking, and the answer is yes. I can still leap over the furniture and dance on the wall. And recite 24 bars of that popular tongue twister 'Moses Supposes.'" - in 1992 "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." - in 1955 Movie Title: I Love Melvin (1953) as Melvin: Melvin : [Extending his hand] Melvin Hoover, "Look" Mr. Schneider : At what? Judy : They want me to marry Harry Flack! Melvin : Judy, you can't! I - I love you, Judy! Judy : Shh...Melvin... Melvin : You're not gonna do it, are you? Judy : Well, you see... Melvin : Because if you do it, I'll be very frank about this, Judy. If you do it, I'll kill myself! Judy : Melvin! Stop it! Melvin : I mean it! Judy, you know how I feel! I'd do anything for you! I'd rob a bank, I'd take a rocket to the moon, anything! Just ask me! Judy : Put me on the cover! My picture, on the cover of the magazine! Melvin : Judy, I said I'd kill myself or take a rocket to the moon, but don't ask the impossible! Mergo : You got a cover idea? What is it? Melvin : A girl! Mergo : Oh joy! Now THERE is an earth-shaking notion! A girl on the cover of a magazine! They'll go mad, I tell you, mad! Melvin : But this girl's different! Mergo : What's she got, three eyes? Mergo : What are you grinning about? Melvin : Oh, nothing, just happy. Mergo : Well, don't let me catch you being happy around me! Judy : Harry Flack is coming to dinner Monday night. Melvin : Oh. Well, that's simple. Poison him. Judy : He wants to talk to Pop! He's going to propose! Melvin : Propose! To your father? Mr. Schneider : Have some food! Melvin : No thanks, not on an empty stomach. Movie Title: Singin' in the Rain (1952) as Cosmo Brown: [Don's about to start shooting a new movie] Cosmo Brown : What's this one about? Don Lockwood : It's a French revolution story... Cosmo Brown : Let me guess. You're a French aristocrat, she's a simple girl of the people, and she won't even give you a tumbrel. Hah! Cosmo Brown : Sure! Make a musical! The new Don Lockwood: he yodels! He jumps about to music! Don Lockwood : I'm no actor. I never was. Just a bunch of dumb show. I know that now. Cosmo Brown : Well, at least you're taking it lying down. Don Lockwood : No. No kidding, Cosmo. Did you ever see anything as ridiculous as me on that screen tonight? Cosmo Brown : Yeah, how about Lina? Don Lockwood : All right. I ran her a close second. Maybe it was a photo finish. I'm through, fellas. Kathy : Don, you're not through! Cosmo Brown : Why of course not. Why, with your looks and figure, you could drive an ice wagon or shine shoes! Kathy : Block hats! Cosmo Brown : Sell pencils! Kathy : Dig ditches! Cosmo Brown : Or worse still, go back to vaudeville. Cosmo Brown : Lina. She can't act, she can't sing, she can't dance. A triple threat. Don Lockwood : Cosmo, call me a cab. Cosmo Brown : OK, you're a cab. Cosmo Brown : Talking pictures, that means I'm out of a job. At last I can start suffering and write that symphony. R.F. Simpson : You're not out of job, we're putting you in as head of our new music department. Cosmo Brown : Oh, thanks, R.F.! At last I can stop suffering and write that symphony. R.F. Simpson : Lina, you were gorgeous! Cosmo Brown : Yeah, Lina, you looked pretty good for a girl. Don Lockwood : What's the matter with that girl? Can't she take a gentle hint? Cosmo Brown : Well haven't ya heard? She's irresistible. She told me so herself. Cosmo Brown : Long people have short faces. Short people have long faces. Big people have little humor, and little people have no humor at all. Cosmo Brown : What's the first thing an actor learns? 'The show must go on!' Come rain, come shine, come snow, come sleet, the show MUST go on! Cosmo Brown : You have to show a movie at a party. It's a Hollywood rule. Cosmo Brown : The price of fame. You've got the glory, you gotta take the little heartaches that go with it. Now look at me: I've got no fame, I've got no glory, I've got no big mansions, I've got no money! But I've got - what have I got? |
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