I have been very lucky to work in so many new ballets, but that is what a dancer's work is.

It doesn't matter how high you lift your leg. The technique is about transparency, simplicity, making an earnest attempt.

To achieve some depth in your field requires a lot of sacrifices.

I don't drink milk, and I don't eat bread, pasta or rice. But I eat a lot of meat, chicken, fish and salads.

I get speeding ticket like everybody else. If the restaurant is full I'm waiting in line like everybody else.

I remember vividly seeing 'Tarzan' and Fred Astaire, the Chaplin films, Fred Astaire musicals, MGM, because of my mother. She was just interested in everything and she took me to opera and ballet, and then ballet got me hooked.

I was never like, "collect, collect," like people who go to auctions. I never spent a serious amount of time because I don't have any time!