It's so wonderful... if your whole day is rotten, once they start the music, it seems to melt away.

You see, as far as the man's personality goes, there's no one who can touch Fred Astaire. He's unique.

They put me in a harness, like a horse, to learn the back somersault. It was weird up there when I put on that harness for the first time. The courage came with practice.

Short people have long faces, and long people have short faces. Big people have little humor, and little people have no humor at all.

I'd like to thank the Academy for my lifetime achievement award that I will eventually get.

I can picture things, like a painter would, though Im not good at painting, either.

I'm not a good choreographer: I can't remember what I put down.

Real Women are not Weak but are Wonderers, they Propel Men to Greatness

No body is worth more than your body

People think a lot, but most of that thinking is of a problem, project or situation - not about it

There is no need to worry about where you currently stand in life, if you are constantly pushing yourself to see how far you can go.

Vlad's heart sank into his stomach, then squeezed its way down his leg and popped out of the hole in his shoe, where it struck the floor and broke.

My grandfather... saw where inherited wealth ruined people. And my grandfather was right.

Just saw a woman with a t-shirt that said southern and sassy, it's all good. Well madame, I beg to differ, it is in fact, not 'all good'.

One thing a person won't do when he's laughing is try to beat you up.

The stage is not merely the meeting place of all the arts, but is also the return of art to life.

When they bury me in a church and chuck earth on my grave, I'd like the words 'Well, at least he tried' engraved on my tombstone.