Never Give Up!

“Can’t act. Slightly bald. Also dances.”

This was one official's reaction to Fred Astaire's first screen test in 1933. He kept that memo over the fireplace in his Beverly Hills home.

Fred Astaire once said: "When you're experimenting, you have to try so many things before you choose what you want, and you may go days getting nothing but exhaustion." But his perseverance paid off. “The higher up you go, the more mistakes you are allowed. Right at the top, if you make enough of them, it’s considered to be your style.”