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

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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...

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.

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

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

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 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.

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,...

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 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...

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,...

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...

When you are on stage, you don't see faces. The lights are in your eyes...

When you are on stage, you don't see faces. The lights are in your eyes...

You don't learn from a situation where you do something well. You enjoy it and...

You don't learn from a situation where you do something well. You enjoy it and...

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...

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 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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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