Dancing Is A Sweat Job.

Oh, There's No Such Thing As My Favorite Performance. I Can't Sit Here Today And Look Back, And Say, Top Hat Was Better Than Easter Parade Or Any Of The Others. I Just Don't Look Back, Period. When I Finish With A Project, I Say 'all Right, That's That. What's Next?'

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.

When Working On My Choreography I Am Not Always Receptive To Outside Suggestions Or Opinions. I Believe That If You Have Something In Mind In The Way Of A Creation, Such As A New Dance, A Sequence, Or An Effect, You Are Certain To Come Up With Inaccurate Criticism And Damaging Results If You Go Around Asking For Opinions.

I Don't Want To Be The Oldest Performer In Captivity... I Don't Want To Look Like A Little Old Man Dancing Out There.

If The Dance Is Right, There Shouldn't Be A Single Superfluous Movement.