I think people want very much to simplify their lives enough so that they can control the things that make it possible to sleep at night.

In those days, male dancers were a rarer breed than women. as they are still today, A good male dancer, one as strong as we were, was very difficult to come by if you couldn't afford to pay them.

Every dance I make is a dive into this well of ancient memory.

I work because I have issues and questions and feelings and thoughts that I want to have a look at. I'm not in need of, or wanting, particularly, to know what other folk are up to.

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.

It is extremely arrogant and very foolish to think that you can ever outwit your audience.

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