I think Twyla [Tharp] has a lot to say. The great thing about Twyla is that she continues to explore.

Things danced on the screen do not look the way they do on the stage. On the stage, dancing is three-dimensional, but a motion picture is two-dimensional.

I arrived in Hollywood twenty pounds overweight and as strong as an ox.

I took it as it came and it happened to be very nice.

When they do let them sustain on screen from head to toe, though, then you know they must think the person is a good dancer.

Like an athlete, [dance] is an everyday job. You have to stay in shape - unless you just want to loaf through a couple of hoofing routines. But that just didn't satisfy me.

I don't understand the whole concept of doubles. They used to do that in the early sound films in Hollywood, but I thought we had gotten rid of that. Now not only do you have doubles, but as in Flashdance, you have triples, quadruples. From my point of view it is bad for the art.