Quote #22

As a dancer he stands alone, and no singer knows his way around a song like Fred Astaire

More from Fred Astaire

  1. There is no setup in Hollywood that compares with an Astaire picture
  2. He has a remarkable ear for intonation, a great sense of rhythm and what is most important, he has great style - style in my way of thinkin…
  3. Except for times Fred worked with real professional dancers like Cyd Charisse, it was a twenty five year war
  4. There never was a greater perfectionist, there never was, and never will be, a better dancer, and I never knew anybody more kind, more cons…
  5. The history of dance on film begins with Astaire
  6. For a guy who had retired ostensibly, your comeback represents the greatest event since Satchel Paige.
  7. When I was in the Soviet Union recently I was being interviewed by a newspaperman and he said, 'Which dancers influenced you the most?' and…
  8. When you talk about Fred Astaire, you talk about heaven. What more can I say?

All Fred Astaire quotes