James Cagney, Fred Astaire, Julie Andrews, Anne Hathaway, Donald O'Connor, Peter Lorre, Johnny Depp, Logan Lerman
James Cagney: That despite being famous for playing gangsters he was always a song and dance man at heart, also his entire performance in Footlight Parade which is just a caffeinated gift from heaven.
Fred Astaire: How easy he made everything look, and that he never tried to upstage his dancing partners, and that when Debbie Reynolds was hiding under a piano crying her eyes out because she was feeling so overwhelmed by the pressure Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen put on her during filming of Singin’ In the Rain he comforted her and let her watch him rehearse to put her at ease, basically I love how he was a real gentleman.
Julie Andrews: Her timeless elegance, and warmth.
Anne Hathaway: Oh god, Anne Hathaway was my first celebrity crush, ever since I watched the Princess Diaries when I was 9. I love how she’s such a phenomenal actress that she can elevate mediocre material, and how versatile she is, and how she’s managed to shed her squeaky clean Disney image through hard work and without doing what Miley Cyrus is doing, basically I love everything about her (though I do kinda wish she’d grow her hair out again), but yeah, Hathahaters can gtfo.
Donald O’Connor: The Make ‘em Laugh number
Johnny Depp: The heartfelt performances he gave back before he sold out
Logan Lerman: His performance in Perks of Being a Wallflower which genuinely surprised me, he revealed himself to be an actor capable of depth and emotional honesty, which I had never expected from him