Fred Astaire Quotes

I have thousands and thousands of hats. Some are the most outrageous hats in the world. They are my disguise. I hide beneath them.

I try never to wear my own clothes, I pretend I'm someone else.

It's funny - if you impersonate somebody, they have no idea it's them.

You know, I've got a confession to make myself. I'm not really a priest, I've just got my shirt on backwards.

You never think about someone dressing up as you for Halloween.

Halloween is a day when we all get to fool people into thinking we're someone else. Or as Mitt Romney calls it, campaigning.

I am a showman by profession... and all the gilding shall make nothing else of me.

I like Halloween. It gives you a chance to dress up like something you're not, you know? Like when the Miami Dolphins put on football uniforms.

Dressing up, for me, is looking like an idiot.

Putting on someone else's clothes is like putting on a mask.

As a child, I always chose a false nose and some face paint and a wig for my birthday.

I was sort of a jack-of-all-trades in show business for a long time. I was a singer and a dancer, and then I got a job as an actor.

I spend my working life pretending to be someone else.

Acting is magical. Change your look and your attitude, and you can be anyone.

If I had two faces, do you think I would be wearing this one.

A grandmother pretends she doesn't know who you are on Halloween.

I tell people all the time, 'Don't be fooled, because I am a man by day.'

When you wear a mask and create a character, nothing will pigeonhole you faster.

Who is Savion Glover? Who is that guy? Good question. I'm a lot of things... Intense... Focused.

The idea of the mask in any scenario has always fascinated me. Not only does it protect identity, it also allows one to hide.

I feel like I'm an entertainer.

Halloween is all about being bold, daring, and creative! You get to be someone else for the night thanks to makeup and a costume. I pretty much do that on the daily, so I am not that big on Halloween, but I do appreciate a good costume and some incredible makeup.

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

I never thought I could pretend to be someone else.

I don't look like a chorus girl.