“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” -Winston Churchill. • • • If Fred Astaire had taken the comments about his first screen test to heart, we wouldn’t have most of America’s beloved musicals today! • • • In 1946 Kay Mulvey of the Women’s Home Companion (magazine) told about how Fred Astaire showed her his FAVORITE memento. A casting director’s report of his first screen test 12 years prior. “CAN’T ACT; SLIGHTLY BALD. CAN DANCE A LITTLE.” • • • Brutal! Are you holding onto something negative that someone spoke over you? “You’re always late! You don’t know what you’re talking about. You’re too old for a career change.” We must encourage each other to LAUGH OFF the nay-sayers and passionately pursue even our most impossible dreams. jazzyjoy21 📸 #ibelieveinyou #sodoesfred #fredastaire #oldhollywood #oldhollywoodstars #dreamitdoit #winstonchurchill #failureisnotfatal #kaythompson #liveentertainment #oldhollywoodglamour #livetheatre #pu...