Amy Jackson Quotes

I have some rhythm, but I definitely learned a lot from Jamal Sims and Spencer Henderson.

I used to teach dance lessons.

I had danced with Janet Jackson and P. Diddy so I had done a bunch of hip hop. Really and truly my roots are in modern and ballet but, professionally, that's not really out there any more, unfortunately, so these artists aren't really having a lot of ballet dancers behind them so I had to learn hip hop really quick.

You get used to working with one choreographer. You kind of get stuck in that vein and you work your way out of it, picking up someone else's style, their flavor. It takes a bit of time.

I started doing theater at the age of six. I also took tap and jazz lessons. I refused to take ballet, which is one of my biggest regrets to this day.

As soon as I started dancing at 14, I knew I was always going to be a professional dancer.

Choreographers use me as the old guy who still dances. Not that I put on white tights.

I love the entire process of being on the set and being able to create a character. It's so much fun. In 'Think Like a Man,' I have a very small part. They told me it wasn't a big budget, but I don't care about any of that. I'll do it for free simply because I love being on the set with other creative people.

There's no point pretending that all of Martha Graham's pieces are equally strong.

I'm the first one out on the dance floor. In college I had to take jazz, ballet and tap dancing, but, before that, it was just social.

I had always choreographed a little, beginning in high school. And I leaned toward choreography. I always had an overview of what was going on.

I was in a competing company and have been dancing since I was four - ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop - so it's a huge part of my life and my music.

Most actors go, 'I read the script and fell in love with it'; I fall in love with the directors.

I started dancing when I was 5 years old. Ballet. Flamenco.

Lots of celebrities have had some sort of dance training, especially actors or singers - they have to have some movement skill and be trained physically.

One rule which applies to every role is that you have to surrender yourself to the director with an empty slate.

I will never leave choreography and will keep doing songs, too.

Yeah, I grew up doing ballet and jazz and tap, but I stopped at the age of 25, and I've never stepped foot in a ballroom.

I taught and studied dance in college, and for over a decade, I thought that would be my career: tap dancer, ballet dancer, modern dancer. I still find myself doing some tumbling or interpretive dancing in the grocery store every now and then.

I've always wanted to be a good dancer. It used to be my passion.

I love working with film, whether it's the technical side, the acting side, or the musical side.

I saw Rain dance on TV and decided that I wanted to sing and dance like him.

After a certain point of time, life's practicality hits you. So I got into theatre, did stage plays and worked along with Naseeruddin Shah and Nana Patekar, people who are committed to the craft part.

As an actor, my No. 1 focus was to be on the same page with the writer, director, and producers.

My first love is acting, but dancing comes naturally to me.