No one around me was obsessed with Fred Astaire except for me. It just snowballed, really. I started with tap lessons. When I didn't have tap shoes, I taped nickels on the bottom of my penny loafers.
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I dug up my dad's old Fred Astaire tapes, and now I find him super-inspiring. He's, like, one of the best dancers.
I started dancing when I saw Fred Astaire in 'Flying Down to Rio,' at approximately nine years old. Fred Astaire influenced me, more than anything, to be in 'show business.'
I was a crazy Pee-wee Herman fan when I was in my early teens. Before he had the kids' TV show, he had a nightclub show in L.A., and I had gotten a VHS copy of it. It was a kids' show, but onstage in a bar, so it's sort of poking fun at the kids' show. And I was obsessed with that, and then 'Pee-wee's Big Adventure.'
The Fred Astaire movies made a huge impression on me.
Fred Astaire was my dream dancer.
I loved Fred Astaire's way of dancing. He led you into the dance.
I was obsessed with Carol Burnett and then Tracey Ullman. Like, obsessed with their shows.
I studied dancing for 13 years. And loved to dance. Always wanted to dance with Fred Astaire.
My mom always had me and my brother watching old Fred Astaire movies.
All my brother Eliot and I did as kids was film sketches.
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