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I started dancing when I saw Fred Astaire in 'Flying Down to Rio,' at approximately nine years old. Fred Astaire influenced me, more than anything,… — Stanley Donen
What I got, unconsciously, from admiring Fred Astaire was that he didn't want what he was doing to look difficult. What was difficult, in my… — Stanley Donen
My uncle, who was a little more flamboyant, always said the guy who dressed the best was Fred Astaire. — Andy Garcia
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… — Peter Guber
I asked Fred Astaire once when he was about my age if he still danced, and he said 'Yes, but it hurts now.' That's exactly… — Dick Van Dyke
I wanted to be Stan Laurel, then I wanted to be Fred Astaire and then Captain Kangaroo. I actually started out as a radio announcer… — Dick Van Dyke
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… — Audrey Hepburn
I always loved all kinds of music. I would watch musicals a lot as a kid, on TV, watch the Fred Astaire movies. I'd watch… — Queen Latifah
I spent an entire evening seated between Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, being charmed from either side. It was pure Hollywood magic. — Lorna Luft
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… — Jack Nicholson
I have a photograph at home of Fred Astaire from the knees down with his feet crossed. It's kind of inspiring because it reminds me… — Alan Rickman
Over the years, myths were built up about my relationship with Fred Astaire. The general public thought he was a Svengali, who snapped his fingers… — Ginger Rogers
While I was making my solo films, RKO was busily trying to get me and Fred Astaire back together. The studio wanted to capitalize on… — Ginger Rogers
I loved old black and white movies, especially the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musicals. I loved everything about them - the songs, the music,… — Sharon Stone
I've always had an innate ability to dance, but I'm not as spiffy as those cinema legends like Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire. — John Travolta
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,… — Catherine Zeta-Jones
I think there's no question that Michael Jackson was the foremost entertainer of his generation; perhaps of all time, arguably, taking the skills of a… — Michael Eric Dyson
After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels. — Ann Richards
Because we are human, because we are bound by gravity and the limitations of our bodies, because we live in a world where the news… — Roger Ebert
She had died peacefully, in her sleep, after an evening of listening to all of her favorite Fred Astaire songs, one crackling record after another.… — Anne Fortier
As a dancer, I out-Fred the nimblest Astaire. — P.G. Wodehouse
When Ginger Rogers danced with Astaire, it was the only time in the movies when you looked at the man, not the woman. — Gene Kelly
When I was a kid, I loved Nicholas brothers films. It was like skateboarding. Even Gene Kelly: I always preferred him to Fred Astaire, just… — Harmony Korine
I studied dancing for 13 years. And loved to dance. Always wanted to dance with Fred Astaire. — Lauren Bacall
Astaire never thought of what he was doing as balletic, but Kelly was always trying to dance with women on points. And his choreography is… — Matthew Bourne

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