People tend to dance much more easily than they can sing or play the piano. It's not hard to teach a person to do a good jitterbug. But it's hard to get them to sound like Sinatra.

I would rather learn from one bird how to sing than to teach 10,000 stars how not to dance.

If you cannot teach me to fly, teach me to sing.

A lot of Irish people perform. They perform in drawing rooms. They sing songs and they play piano.

I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach 10,000 stars how not to dance.

In many cases, the Oscar has been far more a blessing than a curse. If you look at the careers of actors and directors, there are reasons why they end up going up or down or are stagnant. It's not based on mysticism.