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

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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...

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 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...

I liked to read but, being a dancer, I didn't have a lot of time...

I liked to read but, being a dancer, I didn't have a lot of time...

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...

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...

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...

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.

On the other hand, I think it is wonderful for everyone to take ballet classes,...

On the other hand, I think it is wonderful for everyone to take ballet classes,...

And I just thought, this is what I want to be. And I knew that...

And I just thought, this is what I want to be. And I knew that...

I loved tests because it was another form of competing, a healthy competition.

I loved tests because it was another form of competing, a healthy competition.

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

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

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 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...

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 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...

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

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

I was very much of a tomboy.

I was very much of a tomboy.

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...

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...