I danced in a Lifetime film. We shot in Canada and I got to work with a lot of the dancers who do So You Think You Can Dance, Canada.

Since age 14, I know what actors fear, what they like; I know how to get things out of them and I listen to them better, since I've been there.

My fairy-tale life ended the moment I wanted to apply for a passport.

When you feel so strongly about something and other people feel equally strongly, you have to feel stronger about it in order to succeed.

I will always have a career. I believe in working. I don't believe that taking care of your house and children is enough for a woman. You don't feel complete.

There are many ways you can make money. Certain ways will make you happy, certain other ways will make other people happy. But if you go in because there's money in there, you're bound to fail, bound to fail!

Not very many companies go through Hawaii on their way to anywhere. San Francisco Ballet was the only company I remember, and Bolshoi, coming through Hawaii when I was younger.