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.

I go a lot to see young people downtown in little theaters. It's great. If you start somebody's career, it's so exciting.

He [Astaire] was not a sexual animal, but he made his partners look so extraordinarily related to him.

Acting is not my language at all.

Dance is one of the most revealing art forms.

I think I got disappointed over the years about New York, about the States. You know, sometimes you go and visit Europe and see good old socialism in its good part! You see public concern about art, and young people's participation and young faces in the audience.

Dancers are stripped enough onstage. You don't have to know more about them than they've given you already.