My hairdresser and I found ourselves shopping at Bloomingdale's with nothing to do for days.

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.

You had to make your choice between survival and efficiency, though in the long run survival was optimum efficiency, no matter how much time and effort it took.

Dance Like A Pronunciation

One drop of hatred left in the cup of joy turns the most blissful draught into poison.

If you look at a lot of people's careers, the first couple of movies, usually, are the most embarrassing.

Being accepted by the world is the worst thing that can happen to the Church.

I think my dad is a lot cooler than other dads. He still acts like he's still 17.

You can do everything with bayonets, but you are not able to sit on them

You are solidified silence, awareness. A thousand hours of speech cannot equal one glance: a hundred glances cannot equal a minute of silence

If you turned the fabric of our lives over, I imagined the design on the backside would be woven in the bleak grays of doubt and fear.

I think everyone should do what they love because it will never feel like work that way.