Me? I play Gene Kelly...It's a guy who produces, directs, sings, and dances. who else could it be but Kelly? - Fred Astaire

There is no setup in Hollywood that compares with an Astaire picture.

He is a truly complex fellow, not unlike the Michelangelos and da Vincis of the Renaissance period. He's a supreme artist but he is constantly filled with doubts and self-anger about his work--and that is what makes him so good. He is a perfectionist who is never sure he is attaining perfection.

The girls always think we're going to throw them over a table or toss them in the air. Their muscles tense up right away. So Fred and I go and sit in a corner and pretend we're talking business.