“Once you have your appetite well under control, start to acquire your dream figu…” — Cyd Charisse

Everybody can learn to dance. If they can walk, they can dance.

To make a man happy, treat him like a dog - plenty of affection and a loose leash.

I was christened Tula Ellice Finklea.

I joined the Ballets Russes when I was 14, and my name was changed twice. I was known as Marie Istomina, then as Felia Siderova. When I went to Hollywood and made my first movie, 'Mission to Moscow,' in 1943, I became Lily Norwood.