Put me on solid ground and I'll start tapping! At my age they say to keep moving.

Sing like nobody can hear you, dance like nobody can see you, and love like you've never been hurt.

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!

My kids are so much better parent than I was.

Once I got a job singing and dancing, a reasonable person might think, "Maybe I should learn how to do this." But no, I never did.

Only funny line I've had was my first day on the set of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. They were making me up, and I saw the director call the makeup man over, and he says "What are we going to do about the hooter?" And the makeup guy said, "I'm not a plastic surgeon." So I started that show with a big nose, and quite conscious of it.

It means you never know what's going to happen,' I said. 'You do your best, then take your chances. Everything else is beyond our control.