It's always good to keep your audience waiting.
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Bob Fosse
Robert Louis Fosse (June 23, 1927 – September 23, 1987) was an American dancer, musical theatre choreographer, director, screenwriter, film director and actor. He won eight Tony Awards for choreography, more than anyone else, as well as one for direction. He was nominated for four Academy Awards, winning for his direction of Cabaret. 2Early life and career Fosse was born in Chicago, Illinois on June 23, 1927, to a Norwegian American father, Cyril K. Fosse, a traveling salesman for The Hershey Company, and Irish-born mother, Sara Alice Fosse (née Stanton), the second youngest of six. He teamed up with Charles Grass, another young dancer, and began a collaboration under the name The Riff Brothers. They toured theaters throughout the Chicago area. After being recruited, Fosse was placed in the variety show Tough Situation, which toured military and naval bases in the Pacific. Fosse moved to New York City with the ambition of being the new Fred Astaire. His appearance with his first wife and dance partner Mary Ann Niles (1923–1987) in Call Me Mister brought him to the attention of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. Fosse and Niles were regular performers on Your Hit Parade during its 1950-51 season, and during this season Martin and Lewis caught their act in New York's Pierre Hotel and scheduled them to appear on the Colgate Comedy Hou
You're the star and you're not even in the movie.
I'm the guy. I'm sure of it.
I'm trying to do something original and you don't understand it.
I love you. I want to buy you the moon and the stars, you understand? You're everything. I'm in love with you.
I couldn't think without you, you understand?
We take what hurts, and we turn it into a big gag, and we're singing, and we're dancing.
You know, it's pretty lousy of you. I have a heart attack, and then you upstage me by having your own heart attack.
It doesn't matter what he knows. Knowing doesn't change anything.
You start directing revivals of your own shows, you might as well announce to the world that 'My career's finished.'
He asks himself, would you trade a lady who really cared about you, knew how much sugar and cream you took in your coffee, knew exactly when your birthday was, rubbed Vicks on your chest when you had a cold, babied you when you were losing, celebrated you when you were winning, dealt with all your…