I was raised really, really healthy, pretty much vegetarian and a very clean lifestyle, I don't smoke, I don't drink. I'm more addicted to the things that make me feel good - endorphins after working out.

No one can hand you anything as a dancer. You have to earn it.

I noticed that no matter where I went in the country, there was this group of questions that got asked. I would track them and keep them in categories. Like body image, school, family, friendship, you name it, the emotional life of a teenage girl.

I needed to find my own worth and shake the image after having done 'Showgirls' at age 21.

I was raised really, really healthy, pretty much vegetarian and a very clean lifestyle, I don't smoke, I don't drink. I'm more addicted to the things that make me feel good - endorphins after working out.

You have to be a little crazy to be a dancer.

No one goes unscathed, we all go through things. We just can't let people's nasty words become our beliefs about ourselves, you know?