Astaire Quotes

From Fred Astaire I learned discipline and hard work.

— Dirk Benedict

Wrap up the 20th century; Fred Astaire is gone.

— Jack Kroll

When Fred Astaire danced, everything in this world was perfect.

— Stanley Donen

I am the Fred Astaire of karate.

— Anonymous

Fred Astaire was my dream dancer.

— Debbie Reynolds

Fred Astaire’s got nothing on me.

— Si Robertson

Fred Astaire was special, and such a marvelous human being.

— Cyd Charisse

[Hugh Jackman is] an Adamantium-laced Fred Astaire.

— Jon Stewart

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

— Andy Garcia

My grandmother introduced me to musicals and Fred Astaire and Cary Grant and all the American comedies and classics.

— Celine Sciamma

“Laughter is the sound of the soul dancing. My soul probably looks like Fred Astaire.”

— Jarod Kintz

I loved Fred Astaire's way of dancing. He led you into the dance.

— Debbie Reynolds

I guess the only jewels of my life were the pictures I made with Fred Astaire.

— Rita Hayworth

If Fred Astaire is the Cary Grant of dance, I'm the Marlon Brando.

— Gene Kelly

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

— Jack Kroll

I've always had an innate ability to dance, but I'm not as spiffy as those cinema legends like Gene Kelly and Fred…

— John Travolta

When I was young, I ran to see Astaire and Rogers, Huston, Lubitsch - they were formative for me. I also read…

— Lina Wertmuller

I started dancing when I saw Fred Astaire in 'Flying Down to Rio,' at approximately nine years old. Fred Astaire influenced me,…

— Stanley Donen

“Sure he was great, but don't forget that Ginger Rogers did everything [Fred Astaire] did, .. backwards and in high heels." From:…

— Bob Thaves

There's an old Fred Astaire movie where the stage becomes bigger and deeper and more complex. Moments like that really did impact…

— Kenny Ortega

Fred Astaire is my hero. I love him because he was willing to kill himself to make his art look effortless. And…

— Connie Willis

There comes a day when people begin to say, 'Why doesn't that old duffer retire?' I want to get out while they're…

— Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor - those were my idols. All I ever wanted to be was a motion picture song-and-dance…

— Ken Berry

I wish I was born in that era: dancing with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, going to work at the studio dressed…

— Catherine Zeta-Jones

I could talk for seven hours about Johnny Depp. There's no one like him. He has this amazing ability to watch something…

— Rob Marshall

I think, however, that Astaire's coordination is better than Kelly's... his sense of rhythm is uncanny. Kelly, on the other hand, is…

— Cyd Charisse

I felt Michael Jackson was inspired a little bit more from the elegance of a Fred Astaire. Michael loved Sammy Davis, Jr.…

— Kenny Ortega

I have a photograph at home of Fred Astaire from the knees down with his feet crossed. It's kind of inspiring because…

— Alan Rickman

When I am asked about influences, I always say I bow down to Fred Astaire, because when you look at him dancing…

— Alan Rickman

I can sing as well as Fred Astaire can act.

— Burt Reynolds

As a dancer, I out-Fred the nimblest Astaire.

— Anonymous

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

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

My father danced a lot. He was called 'the French Fred Astaire.'

— Vincent Cassel

It used to be my ambition to emulate Fred Astaire on the stage and in motion picture musicals.

— Ken Berry

“Sure, [Fred Astaire] was great, but don't forget that Ginger Rogers did everything that he did… backwards and in high heels.”

— Robert Thaves

Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels.

— Faith Whittlesey

You see, as far as the man's personality goes, there's no one who can touch Fred Astaire. He's unique.

— Donald O'Connor

“She'd always imagined an autumn wedding: russet leaves and black velvets and dancing to Fred Astaire.”

— Hazel Gaynor

Fred Astaire is the Carioca, the Continental, the very Piccolino of romance.

— Anonymous

Obviously, Fred Astaire was a legend. I've tried to copy some of his movements.

— Scott Moir