I didn't have any doubts about my choice of career, but I had constant doubts about my ability, yes.

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I liked tap, because I liked hearing the results of my movements.

I liked tap, because I liked hearing the results of my movements.

Of course, in the art class, I was the model.

Of course, in the art class, I was the model.

The body can do amazing things in a situation when it is really called for.

The body can do amazing things in a situation when it is really called for.

I could work out a lot of my emotions by going to class and dancing.

I could work out a lot of my emotions by going to class and dancing.

I'm thought of as a cool, unemotional dancer, but inside I'm not.

I'm thought of as a cool, unemotional dancer, but inside I'm not.

That the work involved, the willingness to take chances, the commitment, the opportunity to get...

That the work involved, the willingness to take chances, the commitment, the opportunity to get...

I used to love to play dress-up, where you get your mother's or your grandmother's...

I used to love to play dress-up, where you get your mother's or your grandmother's...

Even though I am a professional, and I know what the steps are, I don't...

Even though I am a professional, and I know what the steps are, I don't...

I had a wonderful childhood, coming from Cincinnati, and I think that it was great...

I had a wonderful childhood, coming from Cincinnati, and I think that it was great...

So dancing was not something I had a great desire to do.

So dancing was not something I had a great desire to do.

But what was my motivation was music, and the fact that I love to move...

But what was my motivation was music, and the fact that I love to move...

In fact, ballet companies did not exist in the Midwest when I was a child.

In fact, ballet companies did not exist in the Midwest when I was a child.

Once I started dancing, I was not the spoiled brat or the rebellious child that...

Once I started dancing, I was not the spoiled brat or the rebellious child that...

I learned to love dance for its own sake.

I learned to love dance for its own sake.

It's ungrateful to be wishing you were doing something else at the moment you are...

It's ungrateful to be wishing you were doing something else at the moment you are...

I liked Latin, I like languages, I liked all the myths, and the Roman tales...

I liked Latin, I like languages, I liked all the myths, and the Roman tales...

When you get on stage, you can be anything. You are removed from reality in...

When you get on stage, you can be anything. You are removed from reality in...

I think especially in a world where you have so little say about what goes...

I think especially in a world where you have so little say about what goes...

I was very much of a tomboy.

I was very much of a tomboy.

The particular ballet was not so important as the fact that I was physically healthy,...

The particular ballet was not so important as the fact that I was physically healthy,...