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Fred Astaire
Total Quotes 48
Oh, There's No Such Thing As My Favorite Performance. I Can't Sit Here Today And Look Back, And Say, Top Hat Was Better Than Easter Parade Or Any Of The Others. I Just Don't Look Back, Period. When I Finish With A Project, I Say 'all Right, That's That. What's Next?'
Easter
Looks
Today
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.
Inspiration
Men
Dancing
I Had Some Ballet Training But Didn't Like It. It Was Like A Game To Me.
Games
Ballet
Training
We Attend To His Later Performances As A Dramatic Actor With Respect, But Watching The Nondancing, Nonsinging Astaire Is Like Watching A Grounded Skylark.
Respect
Actors
Dramatic
I Inherited The Knowledge That Sometimes (talents) Not Only Skip A Generation, But Sometimes Run Screaming From It. Ironically, It Was The Singing Non-ability That Helped Feed My Love Of Laughter.
Running
Laughter
Singing
I'm Just A Hoofer With A Spare Set Of Tails.
Dance
Dancing
Tails
I Don't Like Top Hats, White Ties, And Tails.
White
Ties
Tails
I Don't Remember Anybody Ever Pointing Me Out As A Dancing Prodigy, But I Played A Not Bad Second Base.
Dancing
Remember
Prodigies
Disco Is Just Jitterbug.
Dance
Justice
Disco
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.
Dark
Color
Ties
People Think I Was Born In Top Hat And Tails.
Thinking
People
Tails
Slippery Stages Were The Terror Of My Life.
Dance
Stage
Terror
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.
Attitude
Thinking
Corn
Oh, God! That Boy Moves In A Very Exceptional Way. That's The Greatest Dancer Of The Century.
Motivational
Dance
Moving
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.
Nice
Records
Selling
I Have Never Had Anything That I Can Remember In The Business - And That Includes All The Movies And The Stage Shows And Everything - That I Didn't Enjoy. I Didn't Like Some Of The Small-time Vaudeville, Because We Weren't Going On And Getting Better. Aside From That, I Didn't Dislike Anything.
Get Better
Vaudeville
Remember
Dancing Is A Sweat Job.
Motivational
Dance
Jobs
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.
Believe
Mind
Criticism
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.
Fashion
Wall
Squares
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.
People
Dancer
Want
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.
Dance
Feet
Messages
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.
Dance
Sex
Movement
And That Love That Wrinkles Your Nose Touches My Foolish Heart.
Heart
Wrinkles
Noses
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.
Girl
Yes You Can
Dancing
Born: May 10, 1899
Died: June 22, 1987
Occupation: Dancer
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