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.

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.

And that love that wrinkles your nose touches my foolish heart.

If your gonna go down, go down swinging!

Do it big, do it right, and do it with style.

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.

I inherited the knowledge that sometimes (talents) not only skip a generation, but sometimes run screaming from it. Ironically, it was the singing non-ability that helped feed my love of laughter.