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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.

~Darcey Bussell

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No one around me was obsessed with Fred Astaire except for me. It just snowballed, really. I started with tap lessons. When I didn't have tap shoes, I taped nickels on the bottom of my penny loafers.

~David Hallberg

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Fred Astaire was my dream dancer.

~Debbie Reynolds

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Fred Astaire was retired when he worked in 'The Pleasure of His Company.' They were lucky to get him to play the father part.

~Debbie Reynolds

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I asked Fred Astaire once when he was about my age if he still danced, and he said 'Yes, but it hurts now.' That's exactly it. I can still dance, too, but it hurts now!

~Dick Van Dyke

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I wanted to be Stan Laurel, then I wanted to be Fred Astaire and then Captain Kangaroo. I actually started out as a radio announcer when I was 17 and never left the business, so that's literally 70 years.

~Dick Van Dyke

Topics: Actually Announcer Astaire Business Captain Fred Fred Astaire Kangaroo Laurel Left Literally Never Out Radio Stan Started Then Wanted Years

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From Fred Astaire I learned discipline and hard work.

~Dirk Benedict

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I live in a wonderful world of make-believe. A world of Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire. A world of Winnie the Pooh and Edward Bear. Things like that. Wonderful things. Funny things.

~Eileen Ford

Topics: Astaire Bear Edward Fred Fred Astaire Funny Funny Things Ginger Like Live Make-Believe Rogers Things Wonderful Wonderful Things World

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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.

~Falk Hentschel

Topics: Acting Astaire Break Choreography Dancer Dancing Dirty Fan Fighting Fred Fred Astaire General Get Helps Huge Huge Fan Led Like Me Mom Quite She Started Whatever

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You sail into the harbor, and Staten Island is on your left, and then you see the Statue of Liberty. This is what everyone in the world has dreams of when they think about New York. And I thought, 'My God, I'm in Heaven. I'll be dancing down Fifth Avenue like Fred Astaire with Ginger Rogers.'

~Frank Mccourt

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