“I went to the theater and did my song and dance, and I heard from the back (Jerome) Robbins’ voice saying, ‘Can you do a backflip?’ I just threw a backflip, got lucky, and it worked out.” parlando di quando lo scelsero per il ruolo di Riff nel musical West Side Story.

(Michael Callan, all'anagrafe Martin Harris Calinieff, attore; Filadelfia, 22 novembre 1935 – Los Angeles, 10 ottobre 2022)