Fred astaire Quotes

I am the Fred Astaire of karate.

— Anonymous

Fred Astaire was my dream dancer.

— Debbie Reynolds

I'm really influenced by Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly.

— Cris Judd

Fred Astaire’s got nothing on me.

— Si Robertson

Fred Astaire is my real idol.

— Matthew Bourne

From Fred Astaire I learned discipline and hard work.

— Dirk Benedict

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

— Jack Kroll

I can sing as well as Fred Astaire can act.

— Burt Reynolds

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

— Gene Kelly

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

— Vincent Cassel

The first thing I did was 'Ziegfeld Follies,' a small bit en pointe with Fred Astaire.

— Cyd Charisse

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

— Leslie Caron

Mick Jagger moves like a parody between a majorette girl and Fred Astaire.

— Truman Capote

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

— Jack Kroll

Fred Astaire represented the aristocracy, I represented the proletariat.

— Gene Kelly

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

— Andy Garcia

I've always been inspired by the great actors and actresses of the '30s and '40s like Fred Astaire, Ann Miller and Gene…

— Shanna Moakler

When I was a kid, I loved Nicholas brothers films. It was like skateboarding. Even Gene Kelly: I always preferred him to…

— Harmony Korine

When I am cast in a movie where I feel that the woman's part is more interesting, I usually start thinking about…

— Jack Nicholson

I wanted to be Stan Laurel, then I wanted to be Fred Astaire and then Captain Kangaroo. I actually started out as…

— Dick Van Dyke

The thing is that my idols have always been the types of guys who could do anything: Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Sinatra,…

— Justin Timberlake

Over the years, myths were built up about my relationship with Fred Astaire. The general public thought he was a Svengali, who…

— Ginger Rogers

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

I would love to do a Fred Astaire/Gene Kelly type movie musical - a fun, song and dance, romantic comedy. Or, even…

— Dash Mihok

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

Of course the Disney movies, you know all the soundtracks, and anything Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire were doing - Singing in…

— Jillian Hervey

Being young isn't about age, it's about being a free spirit. You can meet someone of 20 who's boring and old, or…

— Twiggy

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

— Kenny Ortega

For me, I was watching Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Orson Welles, Victor Fleming movies, and I said, "I want to tell stories…

— David Copperfield

As Gloria Steinem said about Ginger Rogers: She was doing everything Fred Astaire was doing, just doing it backwards in high heels.…

— Michael Malone

Look at the greatest dressers in history - Philadelphia socialite and diplomat Angier Biddle Duke, Sir Anthony Eden, Fred Astaire, the Duke…

— Roger Stone

Fred Astaire told me things I will never forget. Gene Kelly also said he liked my dancing. It was a fantastic experience…

— Michael Jackson

“...simply moderate giftedness has been made worthless by the printing press and radio and television and satellites and all that. A moderately…

— Kurt Vonnegut

What can one say about Michael Jackson? He is one of the world's most acclaimed entertainers, an innovative and exciting songwriter whose…

— Jackie Kennedy

“The entire planet can get along nicely now with maybe a dozen champion performers in each area of human giftedness. A moderately…

— Anonymous

“We have heard the stories: Duke Ellington would say, “I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.”…

— Sarah Lewis

“Fred Astaire. Not a handsome man. He said himself he couldn’t sing. He was balding his whole life. He danced like a…

— Sebastian Barry

I feel that humor, just like Fred Astaire dance numbers or these lightweight musicals, gives you a little oasis. You are in…

— Woody Allen

“…Sam [Raimi] wanted the climactic sword fight to play out as elegantly as a Fred Astaire movie and he wanted it all…

— Anonymous

“The surviving human beings there could do nothing but wait for the end to come. They chose different ways to live out…

— Haruki Murakami