There's an old Fred Astaire movie where the stage becomes bigger and deeper and more complex. Moments like that really did impact on me and influence me.
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The Fred Astaire movies made a huge impression on me.
I remember vividly seeing 'Tarzan' and Fred Astaire, the Chaplin films, Fred Astaire musicals, MGM, because of my mother. She was just interested in everything and she took me to opera and ballet, and then ballet got me hooked.
I loved Fred Astaire's way of dancing. He led you into the dance.
I've been mostly influenced by experiences in the theater growing up.
My mom always had me and my brother watching old Fred Astaire movies.
Film for me became how I related to everything else.
For me, the performance was always playing different people. And so when I got older, was no longer the romantic leading movie star, it became more and more interesting for me, the characters I played, you know?
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 seen dancing at school by a director, who asked me to be in a TV play. And it had a huge impact. So I think that's what really started me off.
I think I was affected quite a bit by musical and creative influences that go all the way back to my childhood.
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