Morton Feldman Quotes

Fred Astaire’s got nothing on me.

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.

Astaire was ballroom, basically, and Gene Kelly had such athleticism - that's always what I responded to and what just blew my head open when I watched Gene Kelly's numbers. But, Fred Astaire was just so incredibly inventive and so, so smooth - so smooth.

I'm a tap dancer. Once you're a tap dancer, you're always a tap dancer. In 'After Midnight,' I get to dance, but I don't do a full tap number.

I wanted to be Gene Kelly. Well really, I just wanted to dance with Cyd Charisse.

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

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

I really wanted to be a dancer, actually. Michael Jackson inspired me a lot.

As a dancer, obviously, we are all inspired by Michael Jackson, and I always looked up to Gene Kelly. He was a bigger version of Fred Astaire, and he was amazing as well.

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

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

There were many good actresses in my time like Jane Powell and Debbie Reynolds, but I was the only dancer.

I never studied with Balanchine, but his work was very important to me.

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

When I was seven, I saw 'Sister Act 2,' and I fell in love with the performing aspect of music.

My father danced a lot. He was called 'the French Fred Astaire.'

Fred Astaire was my dream dancer.

I loved Fred Astaire's way of dancing. He led you into the dance.

My mom was a huge fan of 'Dirty Dancing.' I couldn't quite get a break, and she was like, 'Patrick Swayze was a dancer!' And Fred Astaire. I started dancing, and it led me to acting. It helps with fighting or whatever choreography in general.

Gene Kelly has meant so much to me through the years. I used to dance in my living room in socks and a tee-shirt, no idea what I was doing, but wanting to dance like Gene.

I love song-and-dance films.

As a little girl, I didn't dream of being a ballet dancer; I dreamt of being a movie star like Ginger Rogers and dancing with Fred Astaire. I used to watch the Sunday double-bills on TV and Iong to be part of what seemed a perfect Disneyland world. Astaire was a genius.

Even Gene Kelly: I always preferred him to Fred Astaire, just because he was more athletic, like skateboarding. His leaps were big. There was something really great about his moves.

As a dancer, I out-Fred the nimblest Astaire.

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