Fred 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.
Audrey Hepburn

Funny, Dance, Mad

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

Business, Another, Watch

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.
Jack Nicholson

Women, Woman, Thinking

I remember vividly seeing 'Tarzan' and Fred Astaire, the Chaplin films, Fred Astaire musicals, MGM, because of my mother. She was just interested in everything and she took me to opera and ballet, and then ballet got me hooked.
Mikhail Baryshnikov

Mother, Everything, Remember

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.
Sharon Stone

Music, Movies, Real

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

Evening, Between, Either

From Fred Astaire I learned discipline and hard work.
Dirk Benedict

Work, Hard, Learned

I love the old Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly movies; they're so beautiful to look at. It's such a shame we don't make them anymore. Although, I don't know how you could make tap dancing current and topical.
Jamie Bell

Love, Movies, Beautiful

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

Loved, Dancer, Formal

I've worked with Jack Warner and Jimmy Stewart - and Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, and Johnny Depp twice. I've had dinners with Fred Astaire and Cary Grant.
Peter Guber

Worked, Twice, Jack

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.
Catherine Zeta-Jones

Work, Beautiful, Wish

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

Best, Said, Guy

I can sing as well as Fred Astaire can act.
Burt Reynolds

Act, Sing, Astaire

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.
Connie Willis

Love, Good, Art

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

Joy, Artist, Bring

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