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When Ginger Rogers danced with Astaire, it was the only time in the movies when you looked at the man, not the woman.

The Fred Astaire movies made a huge impression on me.

I was feeling real good and real manly. Until a real cowboy walked by and told me I had my hat on backwards. So much for my career as a cowboy.

The first movie I appeared in was Carry On Cowboy, though not as an actor. I was just riding horses.

I loved cowboy movies when I was a kid. When I was five years old, I was already wearing a cowboy hat and suit. When I grew up, I knew John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, Kirk Douglas and so on.

I have a photograph at home of Fred Astaire from the knees down with his feet crossed. It's kind of inspiring because it reminds me his feet were bleeding at the end of rehearsals. Yet when you watch him, all you see is freedom. It's a reminder of what the job is about in general, not just being in musicals.

My uncle, who was a little more flamboyant, always said the guy who dressed the best was Fred Astaire.

I loved Fred Astaire's way of dancing. He led you into the dance.

I wanted to be a cowboy in cowboy movies.

I wish I was born in that era: dancing with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, going to work at the studio dressed in beautiful pants, head scarves, and sunglasses.