Hannah Brown:
[her eyes are closed] What color are my eyes?
Don Hewes: [kissing her, causing her to open her eyes in surprise] Brown.
--Fred Astaire (as Don Hewes) in Easter Parade
Don Hewes: [kissing her, causing her to open her eyes in surprise] Brown.
--Fred Astaire (as Don Hewes) in Easter Parade
King Shaw:
The more I know about women, the less I know about women.
Johnny Brett: Maybe someday you'll learn they're not all the same.
--Fred Astaire (as Johnny Brett) in Broadway Melody of 1940
Johnny Brett: Maybe someday you'll learn they're not all the same.
--Fred Astaire (as Johnny Brett) in Broadway Melody of 1940
Chester:
Have you ever considered getting married, sir?
Tom Bowen: I was engaged once.
Chester: What happened?
Tom Bowen: The girl changed her mind at the last minute.
--Fred Astaire (as Tom Bowen) in Royal Wedding
Tom Bowen: I was engaged once.
Chester: What happened?
Tom Bowen: The girl changed her mind at the last minute.
--Fred Astaire (as Tom Bowen) in Royal Wedding
Chester:
Marriages are very healthy, sir. You see, married men live much longer than bachelors.
Tom Bowen: If that's true, they're only trying to outlive their wives so they can be bachelors again.
--Fred Astaire (as Tom Bowen) in Royal Wedding
Tom Bowen: If that's true, they're only trying to outlive their wives so they can be bachelors again.
--Fred Astaire (as Tom Bowen) in Royal Wedding
Charlie Hill:
I guess I just seem to lose interest in any girl who'd marry a fella like me.
--Fred Astaire (as Charlie Hill) in The Belle of New York
--Fred Astaire (as Charlie Hill) in The Belle of New York
Dick Avery:
Let me show you something.
[Serving wine and speaking in a friendly tone]
Dick Avery: Gentlemen: may I take this opportunity to tell you that you look like a mess of worms? And that you not only look like a mess of worms, but you ARE a mess of worms. And I'll bet you've been sitting at this table all these years because if you ever left it you'd be picked up on a vagrancy charge.
Old French men: [Nod and smile in enthusiastic agreement]
Dick Avery: Your defense rests.
--Fred Astaire (as Dick Avery) in Funny Face
[Serving wine and speaking in a friendly tone]
Dick Avery: Gentlemen: may I take this opportunity to tell you that you look like a mess of worms? And that you not only look like a mess of worms, but you ARE a mess of worms. And I'll bet you've been sitting at this table all these years because if you ever left it you'd be picked up on a vagrancy charge.
Old French men: [Nod and smile in enthusiastic agreement]
Dick Avery: Your defense rests.
--Fred Astaire (as Dick Avery) in Funny Face
Dick Avery:
When I'm done, you'll look like...
Dick Avery: What do you call beautiful? A tree. You'll look like a tree.
--Fred Astaire (as Dick Avery) in Funny Face
Dick Avery: What do you call beautiful? A tree. You'll look like a tree.
--Fred Astaire (as Dick Avery) in Funny Face
Don Hewes:
Why didn't you tell me I was in love with you?
--Fred Astaire (as Don Hewes) in Easter Parade
--Fred Astaire (as Don Hewes) in Easter Parade
Finian McLonergan:
[singing] Green is the color of the shamrocks /and the grass on Blarney hill / Oh, the darlin' green of Ireland /and the good old dollar bill.
--Fred Astaire (as Finian McLonergan) in Finian's Rainbow
--Fred Astaire (as Finian McLonergan) in Finian's Rainbow
Finian McLonergan:
America is full of millionaires.
Sharon McLonergan: But Father, are there no ill clad or ill housed in America?
Finian McLonergan: Aye, but they're the best ill clad and the best ill housed in the world.
--Fred Astaire (as Finian McLonergan) in Finian's Rainbow
Sharon McLonergan: But Father, are there no ill clad or ill housed in America?
Finian McLonergan: Aye, but they're the best ill clad and the best ill housed in the world.
--Fred Astaire (as Finian McLonergan) in Finian's Rainbow
