Donnie Yen Quotes

I am dancing all the time. Every gesture, the body line of every pose, the way I get from place to place, the movement in the acting - none of it would be the way it is if I weren't a dancer.

Dance is in my background.

As a child, I would say that I wanted to become a dancer to honour music. For me, dancing is the physical translation of the audio recording.

Tap is still the central driving force of my life. I think and talk in dance.

I tap dance.

Dance is one of the most revealing art forms.

Dance has been a big passion for me.

Dance is the most fundamental of all art forms.

It's one of my strongest dance pieces - having just done Play Without Words which was veering away from a lot of dance - I thought it would be nice to go back to something with almost the most dance I'd done.

I just play the little guy, except I play him through dance.

I used to be a dancer, and for me it was a really good combination of dance and acting.

Dancers are a work of art - they are the canvas on which their work is painted.

When it comes down to dance, dance is about movement to music.

I love the physical movement and beauty of dance.

I dance as best I can. I try to let the music flow freely through my legs.

Dance was something that came to me before I could even walk or talk.

I'm definitely influenced by the music. We dance to music, and you have to listen to it and phrase your dancing and movement in a certain way to compliment the music. We have to work hand in hand, the dancer and the music.

Dance has always been a really important thing for me, so being able to physically express the characters through music and dance is like another layer to things.

One is born to be a great dancer.

Dance has always been my number one. I started when I was seven years old and I've had the opportunity to work with some really amazing artists.

Rhythm is the life of space of time danced through.

My mother was a dancer, so I like to use the body as part of the instrument of acting.

I'm a singer who moves like a dancer.

Tap dancing is all about the feet; you put your head down and don't really engage with anything but the rhythm in your head.

I have a penchant for playing God's clowns. Actually, I played Nijinsky once, and he used to call himself God's clown.