Take the Lead * Quotes

"To do something, anything, is hard. It's much easier to blame your father, your mother, the environment, the government, the lack of money, but even if you find a place to assign the blame, it doesn't make the problems go away."

Pierre Dulaine: "Do you love to dance?"
Caitlin: "Yeah."
Pierre Dulaine: "Then you're meant to dance."

Pierre Dulaine: "You can get what you want."
Rock: "No, some people get what they want."
Pierre Dulaine: "Those are the people who show up to get it."

Pierre Dulaine: "What I teach has value."
Ramos: "Not where I live."

Principal James: "You know who did that to my car, don't you?"
Pierre Dulaine: "He may have been black, or hispanic."
Principal James: "Let me know if you remember..."

"I'd kill to dance like that. It's like sex on hardwood."

Rock: "Doctor's note. I can't dance, I have a heart condition."
Pierre Dulaine: "Interesting man, your doctor. Not many doctors write notes on three-hole paper."