Quotes of: Fred-astaire Keyword

I'm really influenced by Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly.

Cris Judd

From Fred Astaire I learned discipline and hard work.

Dirk Benedict

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

Stanley Donen

I can sing as well as Fred Astaire can act.

Burt Reynolds

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, to be in 'show business.'

Stanley Donen

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 and she took me to opera and ballet, and then ballet got me hooked.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

I felt Michael Jackson was inspired a little bit more from the elegance of a Fred Astaire. Michael loved Sammy Davis, Jr. and James Brown and Judy Garland and Fred Astaire. But he wasn't any of those people. To be inspired is one thing, but he made i...

Kenny Ortega

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 the success of 'Flying Down to Rio' and realized that the pairing of Rogers and Astaire had moneymaking potential.

Ginger Rogers

(reporter interviewing Broadway dancer Tommy Tune:) 'Do you think that greats like Fred Astaire possessed some kind of magic?' (pause) 'No. Magic possesses them'.

Astaire: The Man, the Dancer

My uncle, who was a little more flamboyant, always said the guy who dressed the best was Fred Astaire.

Andy Garcia

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

Mikhail Baryshnikov

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

Leslie Caron

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, head scarves, and sunglasses.

Catherine Zeta-Jones

I dug up my dad's old Fred Astaire tapes, and now I find him super-inspiring. He's, like, one of the best dancers.

Adam G. Sevani

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

Lauren Bacall

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

Jack Kroll

As a dancer, obviously, we are all inspired by Michael Jackson, and I always looked up to Gene Kelly. He was a bigger version of Fred Astaire, and he was amazing as well.

Maksim Chmerkovskiy

Laughter is the sound of the soul dancing. My soul probably looks like Fred Astaire.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

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 Cary Grant.

Peter Guber

There's an old Fred Astaire movie where the stage becomes bigger and deeper and more complex. Moments like that really did impact on me and influence me.

Kenny Ortega

I spent an entire evening seated between Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, being charmed from either side. It was pure Hollywood magic.

Lorna Luft