Ready to celebrate the birth of an entertainment great with
some classic movie quotes? Fred Astaire's birthday is right
around the corner and what better way to remember him than
with some quotes from some of his most famous roles? If
you're a Fred Astaire fan, here are fifteen quotes you're
sure to remember.
1. "If I ever forgot myself with that girl, I'd remember
it." ~ Top Hat
2. "So, move Grant's Tomb to Union Square and put Brooklyn
anywhere, but please, please, I'm down on my knees, don't
monkey with Broadway!" ~ Broadway Melody of 1940
3. "A gentle smile often breeds a kick in the pants." ~
Holiday Inn
4. "Would it be rude of me to inquire if there is any
insanity in your family?" ~ You Were Never Lovelier
5. "Couldn't I be the fellow who never gets his name
mentioned? The one they call 'a friend'? You know: 'Ginger
Rogers - and friend." ~ The Sky's The Limit
6. "You didn't tell anybody I was your guardian angel, did
you?" ~ Yolanda and the Theif
7. "John, everyday you act worse, but today you're acting
like tomorrow." ~ Roberta
8. "I told you, I haven't even met her. But I'd kinda like
to marry her... I think I will." ~ Shall We Dance
9. "Can I offer you anything? Frosted chocolate? Cointreau?
Benedictine? Marriage?" ~ The Gay Divorcee
10. "I don't often try to apologize 'cause I seldom make
any mistakes." ~ Follow the Fleet
11. "Here's to the beautiful ladies. Here's to those
wonderful girls. Adele's and Molly's, Lucille's and
Polly's, you'll find them all at the Ziegfeld Follies" ~
Ziegfeld Follies
12. "Why didn't you tell me I was in love with you?" ~
Easter Parade
13. "It's not obscene, it's French." ~ The Belle of New York
14. "How dare you come back here! Didn't I tell you you
were an optical delusion?" ~ Finian's Rainbow
15. "Gentlemen, may I take this opportunity to tell you
that you look like a mess of worms? And that you not only
look like a mess of worms, but you ARE a mess of worms. And
I'll bet you've been sitting at this table all these years
because if you ever left it you'd be picked up on a
vagrancy charge." ~ Funny Face
There's much we can say about Fred Astaire... He was
talented, funny, a great dancer ' but there was something
else too. If you take a look at the above quotes closely,
you'll see Fred Astaire was also a workaholic. Each of the
fifteen quotes comes from a different movie, I didn't even
touch on half of the movies he was in. On the tenth of May
let's celebrate the birth of an entertainment icon -- the
birth of Fred Astaire -- with these fifteen movie quotes.
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