I just put my feet in the ground and move them around.

Oh, God! That boy moves in a very exceptional way. That's the greatest dancer of the century.

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

Be yourself-but don't be conspicuous.

We attend to his later performances as a dramatic actor with respect, but watching the nondancing, nonsinging Astaire is like watching a grounded skylark.

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

I have never had anything that I can remember in the business - and that includes all the movies and the stage shows and everything - that I didn't enjoy. I didn't like some of the small-time vaudeville, because we weren't going on and getting better. Aside from that, I didn't dislike anything.