Burt Reynolds Quotes

I started dancing when I saw Fred Astaire in 'Flying Down to Rio,' at approximately nine years old. Fred Astaire influenced me, more than anything, to be in 'show business.'

I dug up my dad's old Fred Astaire tapes, and now I find him super-inspiring. He's, like, one of the best dancers.

Tap dancing is something I love, and I've been working on it to get really good.

Fred Astaire is my real idol.

My tights split while I was tap dancing in the West End in 1993.

I love to sing! To be in a movie with musical number is the coolest thing ever!

I don't sing as well as my mother. I'm a good actress. I'm not that good a singer.

I prefer musicals, because I am the best dancer who ever lived. The best plies, the best sashays, and by far the best-smelling Capezios.

I was in 'Rent,' for God's sake. The closest we came to stunts was dancing on a table.

I love dancing; I adore salsa dancing and wish I could be in a Broadway chorus.

I started out as a dancer as a kid; I've been dancing since I was 4. So performing was always part of what I was.

Fred Astaire was a more formal, trained dancer who loved waltzing and only danced with the girls.

If you like being battered, the work of Savion Glover - one-time child prodigy - should be up your alley. I don't, and it isn't up mine.

As far back as I can remember, I wanted to dance, sing and perform.

Did any artist ever bring more pure joy to more people than Fred Astaire?

I studied dancing for 13 years. And loved to dance. Always wanted to dance with Fred Astaire.

Fred Astaire was my dream dancer.

In Broadway, we do love jazz hands.

A lot of people know that I danced, but I also sang.

I did a lot of dancing when I was young.

A show isn't just a show, a show is entertainment; it's modeling, acting, singing and dancing all ripped into one, with the little time that we have to do it.

There's a whole new generation who know about tap dancing thanks to 'Happy Feet.'

There's a tendency to think tap's had its day, but 'Happy Feet' kept us in the race. That penguin is our Shirley Temple.

I was always looking at footage of dancers from Nicholas Brothers to Ralph Brown to Sand Man to Miller Brothers and Lois, and I grew up looking at old footage.

Fred Astaire’s got nothing on me.