Astaire Quotes
52 quotes by 39 authors
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No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business.
— Mikhail Baryshnikov
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Astaire was not a sexual animal, but he made his partners look so extraordinarily related to him.
— Mikhail Baryshnikov
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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…
— Mikhail Baryshnikov
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From Fred Astaire I learned discipline and hard work.
— Dirk Benedict
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Fred Astaire was a more formal, trained dancer who loved waltzing and only danced with the girls.
— Leslie Caron
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We attend to his later performances as a dramatic actor with respect, but watching the nondancing, nonsinging Astaire is like watching a grounded skylark.
— Fred Astaire
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I am the Fred Astaire of karate.
— Jean-Claude Van Damme
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If Fred Astaire is the Cary Grant of dance, I'm the Marlon Brando.
— Gene Kelly
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Fred Astaire represented the aristocracy, I represented the proletariat.
— Gene Kelly
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I arrived in Hollywood twenty pounds overweight and as strong as an ox. But if I put on a white tails and tux like Fred…
— Gene Kelly
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I was spawned by some pretty good people in this business - Mr. Astaire, Mr. Tracy. They stopped and took their time to talk to…
— Robert Wagner
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When I am asked about influences, I always say I bow down to Fred Astaire, because when you look at him dancing you never look…
— Alan Rickman
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Dancing in Tijuana when I was 13 — that was my 'summer camp.' How else do you think I could keep up with Fred Astaire…
— Rita Hayworth
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Did any artist ever bring more pure joy to more people than Fred Astaire?
— Jack Kroll
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What do dancers think of Fred Astaire? It's no secret. We hate him. He gives us a complex because he's too perfect. His perfection is…
— Mikhail Baryshnikov
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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…
— Connie Willis
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I want to do with skates what Fred Astaire is doing with dancing.
— Sonja Henie
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Fred Astaire’s got nothing on me.
— Si Robertson
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Dancing, as Fred Astaire said, is next to ditch-digging. You sweat and you slave and the audience doesn't think you have a brain in your…
— Ann Miller
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Fred Astaire. Not a handsome man. He said himself he couldn't sing. He was balding his whole life. He danced like a cheetah runs with…
— Sebastian Barry
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