When I was born, they put casts on my legs 'cause I had some kind of dysplasia or something. My legs were all messed up.

Certainly the life of a dancer is very difficult. The training is very hard and relentlessly grueling.

I've been on stage since I was 7. That's where I'd rather be than anywhere else. Just because you can do a bunch of things doesn't mean you are a bunch of things. I can act. I can sing. But I am a dancer

I was not influenced by concerts as a child, but I was very strongly influenced by the ballets I saw.

Anything that I do, I try to make it as good as I possibly can.

I know when I'm bad, I know when I'm good, and I know when I'm everything in between. I don't have any delusions of grandeur or delusions of failure. In terms of my work, I've got a pretty cold honest eye.

When you're a dancer who is injured, you are at the bottom of the food chain. We are so replaceable.