ANN REINKING

I remember telling my dad, 'I'm working 14- to 16-hour days and I don't care. I can't wait to get back to work.'

Dance is such a wonderful, universal expression, even if the bugle beads are wrong.

I would not correct dancers if I was performing, because I don't believe in performers correcting other performers.

It was sad to leave 'Pippin' because it was a kind of inspirational turning point in my life. But it was time to move on.

It's a good idea to have your career intact and then have children.

I tend to be loyal to the people who have been loyal to me.

'Dancin' was exceptionally significant. I was in an original Broadway show and nominated for a Tony.

You know, theater is either heaven or hell. There's no middle.

You have no control over how tall you are or how long your legs are, but you do have control over how much you concentrate.

Once Bob commits to something, it's almost like a child. He doesn't want anybody else to take care of it, even if it might be to his detriment.

Bob taught me extraordinary discipline and love.

Creativity is not a mysterious thing, it's a historical thing.

People think I'm accident-prone when they see me on crutches, but I do eight shows a week.

I was up for parts in 'Charlie's Angels' and 'Three's Company,' but other people got them. At the time I was very disappointed because I knew the shows would be tremendous hits. But if I had done either I would not have done the following: 'Chorus Line,' 'Dancin',' 'Chicago,' 'Movie Movie,' 'All That Jazz' and 'Annie.'

I'd announced when I was 13 that I wanted to go to New York instead of college - that was quite a disaster, but it gave my parents plenty of time to get conditioned that after finishing school I really was determined.

I wanted to have children.

I enjoy YouTube like everyone else.

We all grow.

I think of myself, basically, as a very practical person in black bugle beads.

One of the reasons I like to teach is that I like to pass things on. That's an unspoken law of show business.

I like to stretch myself, and playing a dance-hall hostess is quite a stretch, but I feel comfortable with it.

Acting, like wine, gets better as time goes on. Singing gets better after a certain age. The dancer peaks at 35 or 40.

Pippin' was, I guess you can say, the break that everyone needs and you hope that you have the talent to back up the opportunity.

It's highly collaborative, musical theater, so everybody has got to somehow get along.

People forget that the same man who did 'Star 80' and 'All that Jazz' also did 'Pardon Me Miss But I've Never Been Kissed.'