Even though I am a professional, and I know what the steps are, I don't quite know how I'm going to do them, because I haven't lived that moment yet. I always feel very insecure and I get very excited.

I liked to read but, being a dancer, I didn't have a lot of time to read.

On the other hand, I think it is wonderful for everyone to take ballet classes, at any age. It gives you a discipline, it gives you a place to go. It gives you some control in your life.

When you get on stage, you can be anything. You are removed from reality in a way, the real world.

I think it was important that I learned to love to dance eventually for its own sake, as opposed to wanting to be a ballerina.

Good theater should always send people away feeling changed.

The particular ballet was not so important as the fact that I was physically healthy, and capable of getting out there and dancing as often as possible.