Dance Quote by Leslie Caron

Fred Astaire was my dream dancer.

— Debbie Reynolds

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

— Debbie Reynolds

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

— Anonymous

I studied dancing for 13 years. And loved to dance. Always wanted to dance with Fred Astaire.

— Lauren Bacall

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

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

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

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

— Stanley Donen

Astaire was ballroom, basically, and Gene Kelly had such athleticism - that's always what I responded to and what just blew my head open…

— Brian Stokes Mitchell

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

— Vincent Cassel

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

— Scott Moir

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

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