Astaire Quotes

I was asked to act when I couldn't act. I was asked to sing 'Funny Face' when I couldn't sing, and dance with Fred Astaire when I couldn't dance - and do all kinds of things I wasn't prepared for. Then I tried like mad to cope with it.

I loved old black and white movies, especially the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musicals. I loved everything about them - the songs, the music, the romance and the spectacle. They were real class and I knew that I wanted to be in that world.

Fred Astaire was a more formal, trained dancer who loved waltzing and only danced with the girls.

My uncle, who was a little more flamboyant, always said the guy who dressed the best was Fred Astaire.

Did any artist ever bring more pure joy to more people than Fred Astaire?

From Fred Astaire I learned discipline and hard work.

When I am cast in a movie where I feel that the woman's part is more interesting, I usually start thinking about Spencer Tracy and Fred Astaire. They seem to be the most clear actors when working with women.

Astaire was not a sexual animal, but he made his partners look so extraordinarily related to him.

I wish I was born in that era: dancing with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, going to work at the studio dressed in beautiful pants, head scarves, and sunglasses.

Fred Astaire is my hero. I love him because he was willing to kill himself to make his art look effortless. And because he proved it's possible to be an artist and a good person.

I can sing as well as Fred Astaire can act.

No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business.

I spent an entire evening seated between Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, being charmed from either side. It was pure Hollywood magic.

I was spawned by some pretty good people in this business - Mr. Astaire, Mr. Tracy. They stopped and took their time to talk to people.

When Ginger Rogers danced with Astaire, it was the only time in the movies when you looked at the man, not the woman.