Movie Musical Quotes

I'd love to do movies and be on TV. But I think if I transitioned into TV/film completely, I would really miss singing and dancing. It would be ideal to be cast in a movie musical!

How many chances to you get to make a musical about a serial killer? The minute Tim Burton approached me, I was in.

The film musical is a very strange animal. They can bite you in the back, or they can do very well for you.

I'm very aware of the fact that Broadway musicals being brought to the screen are very few and far between, and it's important to continue that relationship between Broadway and film. It's a privilege and an honor for me to be instrumental in some way in keeping that alive.

It was the era of Tab Hunter and Rock Hudson; they all had a certain look.

It's kind of a lost art form, the musical, in a way, so when 'La La Land' came around, I couldn't believe my luck. I just felt like I needed someone to keep on pinching me 'cause not only was it a chance to make a musical but to work with Damien Chazelle, Emma Stone, and Ryan Gosling.

I would definitely say that I am a very big movie musical fan in general, and I try to see every one that I possibly can - and 'Glee' every week.

If a movie musical came along and the part was right and somebody wanted me to do it, I would do it in a heartbeat.

I wanted to do Dreamgirls. If they're doing a stage production of Sparkle, I think that would be hot.

I would do a movie musical.

I want to do a musical movie. Like Evita, but with good music.

We'd never do 'The Sound of Music' because the movie was perfect.

I would love to do a Fred Astaire/Gene Kelly type movie musical - a fun, song and dance, romantic comedy. Or, even just play the lead in one of those broad comedies - that would just be fantastic.

I want to do a musical movie. Like Evita, but with good music.

The designs were based on quite a lot of research of what a movie musical is, filtered through the eyes of today. If we'd gone strictly with the '20s, the movement would have been impaired.

I've dreamt of being in a movie musical for a long time. For some reason I never even thought 'Les Mis' would be possible.

I did sing in another film called 'Empire Records' which is a cult film. 'Grease 2' is also a cult film. You either love it or just think the original was better.

Then when I got to Hollywood, the first musical I did was Festival in 1977.

If I were to do a musical, I think I would rather make a film musical.

I'm very opinionated about movie musicals when they're adapted from live shows. You'll sit still for a three-minute song in a theater. But in movies, a glance from someone's eyes will tell you the whole story in a few seconds.

When I signed my contract to be in 'Grease 2,' my agent said, 'Well, she's going to have a number.' So I did! They wrote me a number where I was teaching Maxwell Caulfield how to be cool. It was called 'Cool Rider.' And it ain't in the movie.

I was a Hollywood musical fan as a kid, and I know how rare it is for someone who originates the Broadway role to get to then do it on screen.

I just want to do a movie musical and then if I could do some recording stuff, that would be amazing! I would die a happy woman! I really would. It doesn't take much!

I'm doing 'Les Miserables,' the movie. I've done a lot of musicals and a lot of movies, and I know there are not a lot of people in Hollywood who have been down those two paths so I've been like, 'Come on, let's do a movie/musical.'

I love 'Chicago,' I love the musical and the movie and I thought Catherine Zeta-Jones was amazing.