I try to convey the musical notes through dance, take on the music.

Dancers are allowed, indeed encouraged, to remain children forever.

My own physicality, not an abstract idea, makes me a choreographer.

Who a dancer is physically feeds into character for me. Always has.

People are gonna look up to me because I'm young, black, and female.

Any man who looks like a sissy while dancing is just a lousy dancer.

Jane Austen is the feminine Peter Pan of letters. She never grew up.

Dance is the movement of the universe concentrated in an individual.

Master technique, so that technique NEVER prevents you from dancing.

I was born in front of a camera and really don't know anything else.

I'm from Boston, and I'm hard-headed, opinionated and a good arguer.

My process has changed over the years. I'd say it has been enhanced.

The more wishes you make, the more magnificent Fantasia will become.

There are very few critics who have historical context or authority.

I don't judge. Judgment is not my business. Existing is my business.

That's why I work every day. Ev-er-y day. I want to knock people out.

If it doesn't look easy it is that we have not tried hard enough yet.

Right before I jumped out of a plane, I knew what Superman felt like.

You have to have an overall vision of how you want people to see you.

It's hard to do a reality show when there's so much crying and drama.

My mom always had me and my brother watching old Fred Astaire movies.

I want to entertain, but I'm interested in a whole range of feelings.

You don't have a really good idea until you combine two little ideas.

The Matrix is top secret. There isn't much that can be said right now.

I wasn't the guy who got straight As. I got As and Bs and a couple Cs.

Anybody can and should dance... It's good for the body and the spirit.

I, Joan Crawford, I believe in the dollar. Everything I earn, I spend.

Dance is not endangered - it will always find a way to express itself.

I am happy to know that my husband regards me as a woman and a person.

Dancing is like life. The lessons of one are the lessons of the other.

There really is nothing I ever had access to that I didn't appreciate.

I'm lucky to have so many supportive, inspirational people in my life.

I don't feel I made any sacrifices at all. I'm doing my best to juggle.

Because I came out as a singer, I took the time to get an acting coach.

Romeo Must Die came at the right time. It was the right vehicle for me.

My definition of sexy is someone who is expressing themselves honestly.

Going up the walls doing somersaults, that trick took a couple of days.

I arrived in Hollywood twenty pounds overweight and as strong as an ox.

All I wanted was just what everybody else wants, you know, to be loved.

Without passion, all the skill in the world won't lift you above craft.

I want people to remember me as a full on entertainer and a good person.

I'm a survivor and I can handle anything. I'm very confident about that.

I have arthritis. The space around my spinal cord has become compressed.

If the dance is right, there shouldn't be a single superfluous movement.

I had some ballet training but didn't like it. It was like a game to me.

Fred Astaire represented the aristocracy, I represented the proletariat.

If I could tell you what it meant, there would be no point in dancing it

I have always known what I wanted, and that was beauty... in every form.

Dance has never been a particularly easy life, and everybody knows that.

Energy and time are finite resources; conserving them is very important.

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