Fred Astaire represented the aristocracy, I represented the proletariat.

She's one of those third year girls who gripe my liver... You know, American college kids. They come over here to take their third year and lap up a little culture... They're officious and dull. They're always making profound observations they've overheard.

I may be rancid butter, but I'm on your side of the bread.

I never played a rich man, I never played a prince. And to play a sailor or longshoreman you had to make your dance more eclectic and varied, but still keep it indigenous to your nationality, upbringing, and background.

I didn't want to be a dancer... I just did it to work my way through college. But I was always an athlete and gymnast, so it came naturally.

Fred Astaire represented the aristocracy, I represented the proletariat.

I think dancing is a man's game and if he does it well he does it better than a woman.