I liked Latin, I like languages, I liked all the myths, and the Roman tales that we were required to translate in Latin, and all these interesting people who were never quite what they thought they would be or seemed…

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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,...

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

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

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...

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

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

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 learned to love dance for its own sake.

I learned to love dance for its own sake.

There is pain and sacrifice in everyone's world. That's why, when I was dancing, I...

There is pain and sacrifice in everyone's world. That's why, when I was dancing, I...

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...

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'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.

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...

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.

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 didn't care too much for ballet, because you had to be more disciplined, and...

I didn't care too much for ballet, because you had to be more disciplined, and...

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

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

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...

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 had two sisters, and we would love to get dressed up and pretend that...

I had two sisters, and we would love to get dressed up and pretend that...

As soon as I hear music, something in me starts to vibrate.

As soon as I hear music, something in me starts to vibrate.