Dancer Quotes

A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head.
Agnes de Mille

Education, Good, Head

I was embarrassed that I even wanted to become an actress because coming from L.A., with two older sisters in the business and a mom who had been a ballet dancer, it was such a cliche.
Elizabeth Olsen

Business, Mom, Two

Choreography is amazing. I'm still a dancer, yet I transitioned into choreography then as a Creative Director. All of these creative elements are brought out of being a dancer. Directing is something that comes out of understanding movement and choreography. Directing movement is directing a dance piece.
Laurieann Gibson

Amazing, Dance, Creative

'The Dance Scene' is just a real look at what it takes. You see the award shows. You see the videos and you never realize what goes on behind the scenes. The reality and the preparation. The motivation I have to give each dancer on that set.
Laurieann Gibson

Reality, Real, Give

For me, a dancer is part of an artist's entertainment - 'backup dancer' isn't even in my vocabulary.
Laurieann Gibson

Artist, Vocabulary, Backup

I'm a dancer, so I love to dance.
Matthew Morrison

I've always loved Broadway, but I never thought I'd actually do it because I was never a full Broadway dancer. And I don't have a big, booming voice.
Darren Criss

Thought, Big, Loved

I wanted to be a male ballet dancer.
Scott Thompson

Wanted, Ballet, Male

Fred Astaire was a more formal, trained dancer who loved waltzing and only danced with the girls.
Leslie Caron

Loved, Formal, Danced

There were many good actresses in my time like Jane Powell and Debbie Reynolds, but I was the only dancer.
Leslie Caron

Time, Good, Debbie

I also loved musicals because I was a dancer.
Donna Mills

Loved, Musicals

I'm more of a freestyle dancer. I like to do my own thing.
Felicity Jones

Repetitiveness and discipline are the secrets of cake decorating. The art comes from the meticulous technique, the way it does for a dancer.
Ron Ben-Israel

Art, Secrets, Cake

On the videos for '1234' and 'My Moon My Man' I wanted to make the songs visible. And, really, what way can you make sound visible other than good old naive dancing? I was working with a choreographer, but I'm not a dancer. Any notion of elegance is impossible with me.
Feist

Good, Working, Impossible

I get enough sleep. I take very good care of myself. Growing up as a dancer, you know your body so well, you know what to do to overcome something.
Elizabeth Berkley

Good, Care, Sleep

For me, as an actress, being a dancer has helped me. I've done it with my feet bloody.
Elizabeth Berkley

Done, Feet, Actress

You have to be a little crazy to be a dancer.
Elizabeth Berkley

No one can hand you anything as a dancer. You have to earn it.
Elizabeth Berkley

I trained as a ballet dancer - well, I started when I was two and a half, and was serious about it from when I was eight until I was 18.
Jessica Brown Findlay

Two, Serious, Until

I trained as a ballet dancer and fell in love with Rudolf Nureyev; I thought him the most beautiful creature. My mum had to break it to me that not only was he gay, but he was dead.
Jessica Brown Findlay

Love, Beautiful, Gay

I trained as a ballet dancer till I was 18, so I would really like to get back to it. I'd love it if there was a part that meant I could do both acting and ballet, as they're both so close to my heart.
Jessica Brown Findlay

Love, Heart, Acting

I became an ardent, but never a specially good, dancer.
Georg Brandes

Good, Ardent, Specially

I'm not a big dancer!
Kristin Cavallari

I have never sung a whole song on my own before and I am not the best dancer in the world, but I would rather try and fall than not not try at all.
Geri Halliwell

Best, Before, Try

So many people report to be contemporary dancers, and they're not. They are sort of jazz dancers that feel like they're throwing a bit of classical in there. I mean, a true contemporary dancer has got ballet as their base and classical ballet, and that is their base. And then they choose to extemporize on that and go into a contemporary world.
Nigel Lythgoe

True, Mean, Choose

Dancing is my passion. I started as a dancer.
Nigel Lythgoe

Passion, Started, Dancing

I trained in every form of dance - started as a tap dancer when I was a kid, then contemporary, ballet, ballroom, everything. Russian, Swedish.
Nigel Lythgoe

Everything, Dance, Started

Due to a big bust in Cuba, my father's business suffered badly, so I was free to choose my own career. I became a professional dancer, and I went on the road and started making real money.
Cesar Romero

Money, Business, Father

That is perceptive of you, because in this country men dancers have always been viewed with suspicion. If you were an actor, a star, and a dancer, you had to be, or have a name like someone 'mainstream.'
Cesar Romero

Men, Someone, Country

Bubbles was a very good dancer. Tremendous dancer. He was one of our leading dancers of the country at that time. And, of course, he didn't have much of a voice.
Cab Calloway

Time, Good, Country

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