Explore Quotes by 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.

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.

Slippery stages were the terror of my life.

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.

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

Dancing is a sweat job.

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

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.

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

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

I have no desire to prove anything by my work. I have never used it as an outlet or as a means of expressing myself. I just dance.

And that love that wrinkles your nose touches my foolish heart.

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.

Why didn't you tell me I was in love with you?

Do it big, do it right, and do it with style.