Astaire Quote by Morton Feldman

I think if I was like Fred Astaire out there or like break dance fighting and doing crazy splits and stuff like that I…

— Tyrus

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

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

— Debbie Reynolds

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…

— Stanley Donen

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

— Ginger Rogers

Fred Astaire is my hero. I love him because he was willing to kill himself to make his art look effortless. And because he…

— Connie Willis

Fred Astaire is the Carioca, the Continental, the very Piccolino of romance.

— Anonymous

Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor - those were my idols. All I ever wanted to be was a motion picture song-and-dance man. I…

— Ken Berry

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

— Jack Kroll

I thought Fred Astaire was the most chic man. I loved the way he dressed. Never mind his dancing, which was beyond - he…

— Polly Allen Mellen

Fred Astaire was my dream dancer.

— Debbie Reynolds

I wish I was born in that era: dancing with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, going to work at the studio dressed in beautiful…

— Catherine Zeta-Jones

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

— Gene Kelly

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

— Scott Moir

As a dancer, obviously, we are all inspired by Michael Jackson, and I always looked up to Gene Kelly. He was a bigger version…

— Maksim Chmerkovskiy