Dancer Quote by Fred Astaire

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

— Jack Kroll

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

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

Actors can't retire. If actors retired, there would be nobody left to play old, wrinkly people. You have to keep going, darling - don't…

— Charles Dance

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

— Anonymous

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…

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

Astaire never thought of what he was doing as balletic, but Kelly was always trying to dance with women on points. And his choreography…

— Matthew Bourne

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

— Leslie Caron

Fred Astaire’s got nothing on me.

— Si Robertson

Fred Astaire was my dream dancer.

— Debbie Reynolds

Dancing in Tijuana when I was 13 — that was my 'summer camp.' How else do you think I could keep up with Fred…

— Rita Hayworth

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

— Stanley Donen

Some actors retire, and some don't.

— David Jason