“I didn't smoke. I didn't smoke then, and I don't smoke now. We worked ...” — Donald O'Connor Quote

“I didn't smoke. I didn't smoke then, and I don't smoke now. We worked every day - that keeps you in pretty good shape. We could go for a long time in one take. You had to be in good shape with Gene Kelly.”

“They put me in a harness, like a horse, to learn the back somersault. It was weird up there when I put on that harness for the first time. The courage came with practice.”

“It's so wonderful... if your whole day is rotten, once they start the music, it seems to melt away.”

“My lab used to do gene expression and genomics, and we did a lot of sequencing samples from virus outbreaks.”

“The gene 'klotho' was named after the Greek Fate purported to spin the thread of life, because it contributes to longevity.”

“The problem with the gene pool is that there's no lifeguard.”