The only thing I fear more than change is no change. The business of being static makes me nuts.

More often than not I've found, a rut is a consequence of sticking to tried and tested methods that don't take into account how you or the world has changed.

I learned very early that an audience would relax and look at things differently if they felt they could laugh with you from time to time. There's an energy that comes through the release of tension that is laughter.

Without the little ideas, there are no big ideas.

Living had little use for me other than how it could be funneled into dance.

When I'm in the studio, when I'm warm, when I'm what people call improvising, I feel a very special connection. I feel the most right. I don't want to become too mystic about this, but things feel as though they're in the best order at that particular moment.

Miloš Forman is a great director; Jim Brooks is a wonderful writer and director.