The first time I ever screamed at someone was in a scene, and I'd never screamed at someone in my life.

There are very few dance companies in the world and you have to be phenomenal. You have to not be injured. You have to have a really strong mind to deal with the dance world. People who can do it are amazing to me. You cannot have a life outside of dance.

I was... the loser of my class. I had absolutely no friends.

If you can see life as a learning experience, you can turn any negative into a positive.

I don't know how people can live without a therapist.

You're being cast for your acting ability. It's not based on the way your body functions. If you're playing a lead in a movie, it's for that character and they'll tailor it to you. In a dance company, you have to fit in a definite mold.

Ballet is completely unnatural to the body, just being turned out... it's not the way your body is supposed to function, so you actually [...] train your body to be a different structure than you were born with.