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.
[on tap dancer Eleanor Powell] Eleanor was an out-and-out dancer. She danced like a man. She slammed the floor and did it great and that`s fine and suddenly she`s on her toes in the ballet sequence -- it did look kinda funny.
[on Gene Kelly] You know, that Kelly, he`s just terrific. That`s all there is to it. He dances like crazy, he directs like crazy. I adore this guy. I really am crazy about his work.
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.
