I loved the stage not because it provided an escape from myself or my humdrum life but because when the curtain went up I could be whoever I wanted to be, and that was true freedom - to be myself.

I didn't have any doubts about my choice of career, but I had constant doubts about my ability, yes.

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.

I liked tap, because I liked hearing the results of my movements.

Dancers are a great breed of people. And they really want to dance so you don't have to beg them to work. However, dancers sometimes build walls around themselves because they are presenting themselves all the time: dancing is very much a confession.

I didn't care too much for ballet, because you had to be more disciplined, and you sort of looked like everyone else. It required a certain kind of conformity that I didn't feel like I wanted to do.