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There comes a day when people...

There comes a day when people begin to say, 'Why doesn't that old duffer retire?' I want to get out while they're still saying Astaire is a hell of a dancer.

Fred Astaire 61 quotes

Dancing is a vertical interpr...

Dancing is a vertical interpretation of a horizontal intention.

Fred Astaire 61 quotes

Of course, Ginger was able to...

Of course, Ginger was able to accomplish sex through dance. We told more through our movements instead of the big clinch. We did it all in the dance.

Fred Astaire 61 quotes

When working on my choreograp...

When working on my choreography I am not always receptive to outside suggestions or opinions. I believe that if you have something in mind in the way of a creation, such as a new dance, a sequence, or an effect, you are certain to come up with inaccurate criticism and damaging results if you go around asking for opinions.

Fred Astaire 61 quotes

The unpadded shoulders, the t...

The unpadded shoulders, the three-buttoned long and boxy coat, the too-short, thin pants, and the thin ties with striped buttoned shirts in dark colors-well, I suppose this may go very well with some personalities but it's not for me. To me, all such look like TV producers. Maybe they want to.

Fred Astaire 61 quotes

I just told my agent to forge...

I just told my agent to forget all other projects for me. I was waiting for Audrey Hepburn. She asked for me, and I was ready. This could be the last and only opportunity I’d have to work with the great and lovely Audrey Hepburn and I was not missing it. Period.

Fred Astaire 61 quotes

It's nice that all the compos...

It's nice that all the composers have said that nobody interprets a lyric like Fred Astaire. But when it comes to selling records I was never worth anything particularly except as a collector's item.

Fred Astaire 61 quotes

But I do nothing that I don't...

But I do nothing that I don't like, such as "inventing" up to the arty or "down" to the corny. I happen to relish a certain type of corn. What I think is the really dangerous approach is the "let's be artistic" attitude. I know that artistry just happens.

Fred Astaire 61 quotes

Oh, God! That boy moves in a ...

Oh, God! That boy moves in a very exceptional way. That's the greatest dancer of the century.

Fred Astaire 61 quotes

Slippery stages were the terr...

Slippery stages were the terror of my life.

Fred Astaire 61 quotes

If it doesn't look easy it is...

If it doesn't look easy it is that we have not tried hard enough yet.

Fred Astaire 61 quotes

When you have a Dancing partn...

When you have a Dancing partner, there's always gonna be a moment where the girl's gonna cry, Ginger didn't do that. But, most every other girl I've worked with have cried because they said "aah, I can't do it" and I have to go "Yes, you can, Shut up!" and they do do it.

Fred Astaire 61 quotes

I am bit sending messages wit...

I am bit sending messages with my feet. All I ever wanted was not to come up empty. I did it for the dough and the old applause.

Fred Astaire 61 quotes

I often take a brand-new suit...

I often take a brand-new suit or hat and throw it up against the wall a few times to get that stiff, square newness out of it.

Fred Astaire 61 quotes

The higher up you go, the mor...

The higher up you go, the more mistakes you are allowed. Right at the top, if you make enough of them, it's considered to be your style.

Fred Astaire 61 quotes

Disco is just jitterbug. ...

Disco is just jitterbug.

Fred Astaire 61 quotes

This search for what you want...

This search for what you want is like tracking something that doesn't want to be tracked. It takes time to get a dance right, to create something memorable.

Fred Astaire 61 quotes

The hardest job kids face tod...

The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any.

Fred Astaire 61 quotes

I don't want to be the oldest...

I don't want to be the oldest performer in captivity... I don't want to look like a little old man dancing out there.

Fred Astaire 61 quotes

I have no desire to prove any...

I have no desire to prove anything by dancing. I have never used it as an outlet or a means of expressing myself. I just dance. I just put my feet in the air and move them around.

Fred Astaire 61 quotes

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