Fred Astaire (1899–1987) was an American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer, musician, and television presenter. His stage and subsequent film and television careers spanned a total of 76 years, during which he made 31 musical films and several award-winning television specials and issued numerous recordings. He was named the fifth Greatest Male Star of Old Hollywood by the American Film Institute. As a dancer, he is best remembered for his sense of rhythm, his legendary perfectionism, and as the dancing partner and on-screen romantic interest of Ginger Rogers, with whom he co-starred in a series of ten Hollywood musicals which transformed the genre.
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I am not 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
Topics: Goals, Motivation, Aspirations
I just put my feet in the air and move them around.
—Fred Astaire
Topics: Dance
The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any.
—Fred Astaire
Topics: Character, Jobs, Childhood, Manners
Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you’ve got to start young.
—Fred Astaire
Topics: Aging, Age
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
Topics: Experiment
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