I could work out a lot of my emotions by going to class and dancing.

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.

You don't learn from a situation where you do something well. You enjoy it and you give yourself credit, but you don't really learn from that. You learn from trial and error, trial and error, all the time.

There is pain and sacrifice in everyone's world. That's why, when I was dancing, I had no pain.

And I just thought, this is what I want to be. And I knew that dancing would be my chosen profession.

When you are on stage, you don't see faces. The lights are in your eyes and you see just this black void out in front of you. And yet you know there is life out there, and you have to get your message across.

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.