I'm not comfortable with just me, me, me. That's boring.

You take a plug and put it in a socket, and that's what the theatre is-it lights up right away. You speak, and they respond immediately.

Theatre is immediate gratification

Mother loved dance so much that she thought (ballerina) Margot Fonteyn should be the president.

It's communication - that's what theatre is all about.

The spirit of dance is an amazing thing. When the body and the spirit meet, it's a good thing.

I'm bugged because I can't believe I can't speak every language there is. But I feel I can when I sit and am with somebody, and I can dance for them. Because dance is dialogue without language.

Many of the shows I danced in don't exist on film, but they do exist in the memories of those who were in the theater for that single moment in time. And nothing can replace that.

My neighborhood was a great neighborhood; it was filled with all sorts of ethnic groups and things. So I grew up thinking I was a human being.

Looking back doesn't have to be painful.

I love life. I love the live theater.

no matter how ugly the world gets or how stupid it shows me it is, I always have faith

This is the one who will find us. He's the one who will lead them all back to me someday. He's the explorer. El curioso.

You have the courage to take chances.

Twolegs are mad. Even the smallest kit knows that.

Worship your heroes from afar; contact withers them.

I never went for the talkers.

At some point, you no longer feel pain. Sensation disappears and reason is dulled, until you lose all grasp of time and place.

Fortune is beastly - it is only suitable for cows and businessmen.

I dream of a world liberated of all diseases. Ignorance also upsets me a lot. How can one calmly look at the pictures from Rwanda and not instantly want to take action and try to ease the suffering?

I'm not a liar, sir,' she said. "'No, I'm sure you sincerely become whatever it is you're pretending to be.