It's nice that all the composers have said that nobody interprets a lyric like Fred Astaire. But when it comes to selling records I was never worth anything particularly except as a collector's item.

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

If we followed our own advice, we'd be successful.

I just told my agent to forget all other projects for me. I was waiting for Audrey Hepburn. She asked for me, and I was ready. This could be the last and only opportunity I’d have to work with the great and lovely Audrey Hepburn and I was not missing it. Period.

But I do nothing that I don't like, such as "inventing" up to the arty or "down" to the corny. I happen to relish a certain type of corn. What I think is the really dangerous approach is the "let's be artistic" attitude. I know that artistry just happens.

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

I don't remember anybody ever pointing me out as a dancing prodigy, but I played a not bad second base.