When you get on stage, you can be anything. You are removed from reality in a way, the real world.

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

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

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.

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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 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...

I learned to love dance for its own sake.

I learned to love dance for its own sake.

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'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.

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

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

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,...