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Dancing, as Fred Astaire said, is next to ditch-digging. You sweat and you slave and the audience doesn't think you have a brain in your head. — Ann Miller

I just put my feet in the ground and move them around. — Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire is the Carioca, the Continental, the very Piccolino of romance. — Archie Frederick Collins

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

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

Astaire was not a sexual animal, but he made his partners look so extraordinarily related to him. — Mikhail Baryshnikov

Compositionally I always wanted to be like Fred Astaire. — Morton Feldman

Chance is the fool's name for Fate — Fred Astaire

I can sing as well as Fred Astaire can act. — Burt Reynolds

Fred Astaire's got nothing on me. — Si Robertson

Slippery stages were the terror of my life. — Fred Astaire

Don't just walk through the flames. Get your Fred Astaire on and DANCE through them. Joy is around everywhere, even when the night falls hard. — J.R. Ward

I've always had an innate ability to dance, but I'm not as spiffy as those cinema legends like Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire. — John Travolta

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

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

Mick Jagger moves like a parody between a majorette girl and Fred Astaire. — Truman Capote

Why didn't you tell me i was in love with you? — Fred Astaire

I have no desire to prove anything by dancing ... I just dance. — Fred Astaire

And that love that wrinkles your nose touches my foolish heart. — Fred Astaire

If your gonna go down, go down swinging! — Fred Astaire

I want to do with skates what Fred Astaire is doing with dancing. — Sonja Henie

Be yourself-but don't be conspicuous. — Fred Astaire

I had some ballet training but didn't like it. It was like a game to me. — Fred Astaire

Disco is just jitterbug. — Fred Astaire

In dealing with a girl or a horse, one lets nature take its course — Fred Astaire

Dancing is a sweat job. — Fred Astaire

Can't act. Can't sing. Slightly bald. Can dance a little. — Fred Astaire

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

Either the camera will dance, or I will. — Fred Astaire

If Fred Astaire is the Cary Grant of dance, I'm the Marlon Brando. — Gene Kelly

Some people seem to think that good dancers are born, but all the good dancers I have known are taught or trained.. — Fred Astaire

I don't make love by kissing, I make love by dancing. — Fred Astaire

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 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

Dancing in Tijuana when I was 13 - that was my 'summer camp.' How else do you think I could keep up with Fred Astaire when I was 19? — Rita Hayworth

I don't like top hats, white ties, and tails. — Fred Astaire

[Hugh Jackman is] an Adamantium-laced Fred Astaire. — Jon Stewart

You see, as far as the man's personality goes, there's no one who can touch Fred Astaire. He's unique. — Donald O'Connor

This is what I understood by it: that for Astaire the person in the film was not especially connected with him. — Zadie Smith

Fred Astaire never let you see him sweat, but he sweetened his deceptively casual virtuosity with just enough charm to make it irresistible. — Terry Teachout

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

Sure he (Fred Astaire) was great, but don't forget that Ginger Rogers did everything he did,..backwards and in high heels. — Robert Thaves

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

After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels. — Ann Richards

People think I was born in top hat and tails. — Fred Astaire

I can't rely upon sex and violence to sell my books — Libi Astaire

When Ginger Rogers danced with Astaire, it was the only time in the movies when you looked at the man, not the woman. — Gene Kelly

I'm just a hoofer with a spare set of tails. — Fred Astaire

As a dancer, I out-Fred the nimblest Astaire. — P.G. Wodehouse

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

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

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

If the dance is right, there shouldn't be a single superfluous movement. — Fred Astaire

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

I just put my feet in the air and move them around. — Fred Astaire

The Fred Astaire movies made a huge impression on me. — Anton Du Beke

Fred Astaire represented the aristocracy, I represented the proletariat. — Gene Kelly

Dancing is a vertical interpretation of a horizontal intention. — Fred Astaire

Do it big, do it right and do it with style. — Fred Astaire

I don't remember anybody ever pointing me out as a dancing prodigy, but I played a not bad second base. — Fred Astaire

If we followed our own advice, we'd be successful. — Fred Astaire

From Fred Astaire I learned discipline and hard work. — Dirk Benedict

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

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

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

When you're experimenting you have to try so many things before you choose what you want, and you may go days getting nothing but exhaustion. — Fred Astaire

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

I was spawned by some pretty good people in this business - Mr. Astaire, Mr. Tracy. They stopped and took their time to talk to people. — Robert Wagner

I guess the only jewels of my life were the pictures I made with Fred Astaire. — Rita Hayworth

Wrap up the 20th century; Fred Astaire is gone. — Jack Kroll

I am the Fred Astaire of karate. — Jean-Claude Van Damme