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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.

Fred Astaire was my dream dancer.

I grew up with the movies of Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire and Judy Garland - these are the kinds of shows and the kinds of numbers in shows that I dreamed of being in and doing when I was a kid.

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.'

My mom took me to see Carnal Knowledge and The Wild Bunch and all these kind of movies when I was a kid.

I studied dancing for 13 years. And loved to dance. Always wanted to dance with Fred Astaire.

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

I bugged my mom and dad to 'get me inside the television set' when I was about four years old.

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.