Dancing quotes

“- Maria Corvier: While I'm dancing, people will be eating?
- Tom Culdane: Well, after all, how much noise do people make eating?
- Maria Corvier: Crunching celery, drinking soup, talking. Oh, no, Mr. Culdane, I'm sorry, it's impossible.”
Cyd Charisse - Maria Corvier
Jim Backus - Tom Culdane

“- Boris Lermontov: How would you define ballet, Lady Neston?
- Lady Neston: Well, one might call it the poetry of motion perhaps, or...
- Boris Lermontov: One might. But for me it is a great deal more. For me it is a religion. And one doesn't really care to see one's religion practised in an atmosphere... such as this.”
Anton Walbrook - Boris Lermontov
Irene Browne - Lady Neston

“- Boris Lermontov: Why do you want to dance?
- Victoria Page: Why do you want to live?
- Boris Lermontov: Well I don't know exactly why, er, but I must.
- Victoria Page: That's my answer too.”
Anton Walbrook - Boris Lermontov
Moira Shearer - Victoria Page

“A dancer who relies upon the doubtful comforts of human love can never be a great dancer. Never.”
Anton Walbrook - Boris Lermontov

“- Susie: It felt like what I think it must feel like to fuck.
- Madame Blanc: Do you mean fuck a man?
- Susie Bannion: No. I was thinking of an animal.”

Dakota Johnson - Susie
Tilda Swinton - Madame Blanc

“When you dance the dance of another, you make yourself in the image of its creator. You empty yourself so that her work can live within you.”
Tilda Swinton - Madame Blanc

“There are two things that dance can never be again: beautiful and cheerful. Today, we need to break the nose of every beautiful thing. And if you're going to be a dancer, you must learn French.”

Tilda Swinton - Madame Blanc

“Sometimes I sing and dance around the house in my underwear. Doesn't make me Madonna. Never will.”
Joan Cusack - Cyn

“- Karkaroff's Aide: May I have your arm?
- Parvati Patil: Arm, leg, I'm yours.”

Tolga Safer - Karkaroff's Aide
Shefali Chowdhury - Parvati Patil

“The truth is, I wasn't built to dance.”
Scarlett Johansson - Major

“We came here to meet girls and dance, and we can't meet girls until we dance!”
Steve Zahn - Lenny Haise

“The nice thing about being rescued by Italians is that they feed you, make you drink red wine, then you get to dance.”

Leonardo DiCaprio - Jordan Belfort

“- Dr. Eugene Sands: I don't know what I'm doing here.
- Claire: You're dancing.
- Dr. Eugene Sands: That's a matter of opinion.”
David Duchovny - Dr. Eugene Sands
Angelina Jolie - Claire

“- Shira: Wait, this half a snack is a dinosaur whisperer?
- Buck: And expert Salsa dancer.”

Jennifer Lopez - Shira
Simon Pegg - Buck

“Daughters do not dance well with masticated brains.”
Charles Dance - Mr. Bennet

“- Balthazar Bratt: You've ruined everything! And now it's time to die! Any last words, Gru!
- Gru: You know what? I got two words for you: dance fight!”
Trey Parker - Balthazar Bratt
Steve Carrell - Gru

“- Captain Antonio Corelli: The other night when you were dancing the way you were moving the turn of your head. I thought I could watch you forever.
- Pelagia: You think you can come here and turn my whole world upside down?”
Nicolas Cage - Captain Antonio Corelli
Penelope Cruz - Pelagia

“He can give the audience pleasure just by walking across the floor.”
Gene Kelly On Fred Astaire

“- Julian Marshall: Watch your tempo!
- Ruby Sinclair: Watch your ego!”
Rick Valenzuela - Julian Marshall
Vanessa Williams - Ruby Sinclair

“- Dave: I was never in a dance contest before. What do you got to do?
- Jackie: Simple. You just get out on the floor and shake your ass - like it was on fire!”
Mark Lonow - Dave
Mews Small - Jackie

“I can't dance. My limbs are lethal weapons. Innocent people got hurt trying to teach me dance.”
Charlie Talbert - Angus Bethune

“- Edmond Dantes: May I steal your wife?
- Fernand Mondego: Excuse me?
- Edmond Dantes: For the Waltz?”
Jim Caviezel - Edmond Dantes
Guy Pearce - Fernand Mondego

“Head up. Caress me. With passion... dance. Dance! Across the the floor! That's it. That's it. Now, now jump. Come on, fly! Fly! Feel it! Cut. That's it. Now, you've got it. Alright. Over here. Over here! More emotion. To the mirror! Feel it! Alright, now, turn around!”

Ben Lokey - Franco

“- Tripper: Is that a bra you're wearing, or are you expecting an assassination attempt?
- Roxanne: Are those Clorets in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?
- Tripper: Ok, we're even. 3 years of this. I don't think I have many lines left. Frankly, Roxanne, I'm frightened.
- Roxanne: No. Don't go human on me now, Tripper.”

Bill Murray - Tripper
Kate Lynch - Roxanne

“- Jewel: For a bird from Minnesota, you've got some moves.
- Blu: Oh, that wasn't a move, it was an accident. But I accept the compliment.”
Anne Hathaway - Jewel
Jesse Eisenberg - Blu