Film Quotes by Fred Astaire
86 quotes
Year: 1948
Director:
Charles Walters
Director:
Charles Walters
Hannah Brown:
[her eyes are closed] What color are my eyes?
Don Hewes: [kissing her, causing her to open her eyes in surprise] Brown.
Don Hewes: [kissing her, causing her to open her eyes in surprise] Brown.
--
Fred Astaire
(as Don Hewes)
in
Easter Parade
(1948)
Year: 1940
Director:
Norman Taurog
Director:
Norman Taurog
King Shaw:
The more I know about women, the less I know about women.
Johnny Brett: Maybe someday you'll learn they're not all the same.
Johnny Brett: Maybe someday you'll learn they're not all the same.
--
Fred Astaire
(as Johnny Brett)
in
Broadway Melody of 1940
(1940)
Year: 1951
Director:
Stanley Donen
Director:
Stanley Donen
Chester:
Have you ever considered getting married, sir?
Tom Bowen: I was engaged once.
Chester: What happened?
Tom Bowen: The girl changed her mind at the last minute.
Tom Bowen: I was engaged once.
Chester: What happened?
Tom Bowen: The girl changed her mind at the last minute.
--
Fred Astaire
(as Tom Bowen)
in
Royal Wedding
(1951)
Year: 1951
Director:
Stanley Donen
Director:
Stanley Donen
Chester:
Marriages are very healthy, sir. You see, married men live much longer than bachelors.
Tom Bowen: If that's true, they're only trying to outlive their wives so they can be bachelors again.
Tom Bowen: If that's true, they're only trying to outlive their wives so they can be bachelors again.
--
Fred Astaire
(as Tom Bowen)
in
Royal Wedding
(1951)
Year: 1952
Director:
Charles Walters
Director:
Charles Walters
Charlie Hill:
I guess I just seem to lose interest in any girl who'd marry a fella like me.
--
Fred Astaire
(as Charlie Hill)
in
The Belle of New York
(1952)
Year: 1957
Director:
Stanley Donen
Director:
Stanley Donen
Dick Avery:
Let me show you something.
[Serving wine and speaking in a friendly tone]
Dick Avery: 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.
Old French men: [Nod and smile in enthusiastic agreement]
Dick Avery: Your defense rests.
[Serving wine and speaking in a friendly tone]
Dick Avery: 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.
Old French men: [Nod and smile in enthusiastic agreement]
Dick Avery: Your defense rests.
--
Fred Astaire
(as Dick Avery)
in
Funny Face
(1957)
Year: 1957
Director:
Stanley Donen
Director:
Stanley Donen
Dick Avery:
When I'm done, you'll look like...
Dick Avery: What do you call beautiful? A tree. You'll look like a tree.
Dick Avery: What do you call beautiful? A tree. You'll look like a tree.
--
Fred Astaire
(as Dick Avery)
in
Funny Face
(1957)
Year: 1948
Director:
Charles Walters
Director:
Charles Walters
Don Hewes:
Why didn't you tell me I was in love with you?
--
Fred Astaire
(as Don Hewes)
in
Easter Parade
(1948)
Year: 1968
Director:
Francis Ford Coppola
Director:
Francis Ford Coppola
Finian McLonergan:
[singing] Green is the color of the shamrocks /and the grass on Blarney hill / Oh, the darlin' green of Ireland /and the good old dollar bill.
--
Fred Astaire
(as Finian McLonergan)
in
Finian's Rainbow
(1968)
Year: 1968
Director:
Francis Ford Coppola
Director:
Francis Ford Coppola
Finian McLonergan:
America is full of millionaires.
Sharon McLonergan: But Father, are there no ill clad or ill housed in America?
Finian McLonergan: Aye, but they're the best ill clad and the best ill housed in the world.
Sharon McLonergan: But Father, are there no ill clad or ill housed in America?
Finian McLonergan: Aye, but they're the best ill clad and the best ill housed in the world.
--
Fred Astaire
(as Finian McLonergan)
in
Finian's Rainbow
(1968)