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

What do dancers think of Fred Astaire? It's no secret. We hate him. He gives us a complex because he's too perfect. His perfection is an absurdity. It's too hard to face.

In '74 it was really a very gloomy atmosphere, I would say, to put it mildly.

I found that dance, music, and literature is how I made sense of the world... it pushed me to think of things bigger than lifes daily routines... to think beyond what is immediate or convenient.

What brought me to the theater, no matter you're a Jew or a Russian or Armenian or Latvian, are suddenly illuminated by stage light and one beautiful image of dance.

You see, dancers are quite mature people because they start performing so early. They become professionals when they start to take everyday classes.

You don't measure life by receiving awards.