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 used to love to play dress-up, where you get your mother's or your grandmother's dresses and high heels.

Once I started dancing, I was not the spoiled brat or the rebellious child that I was as a child.

Good theater should always send people away feeling changed.

I had two sisters, and we would love to get dressed up and pretend that we were chic, sophisticated ladies. And I think that was a great sort of preparation, in a way.

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.

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.