Fred Astaire Quotes on Collaboration
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I have had to do most of my choreography. I would say most of it, with help from various choreographers I have worked with
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Except for times Fred worked with real professional dancers like Cyd Charisse, it was a twenty five year war
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If people would only realize when they ask me why I don't do a picture with him - they ask me that all the time, and were quite keen on it while I was in Hollywood - if they'd only realize that he's gone 'way ahead of me. Why I couldn't begin to keep up with him. I couldn't even reach the steps he throws away
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The girls always think we're going to throw them over a table or toss them in the air. Their muscles tense up right away. So Fred and I go and sit in a corner and pretend we're talking business
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I guess the only jewels of my life were the pictures I made with Fred Astaire