Jillian Hervey Quotes

I was a Spanish dancer. I don't mean to put that down, because that was great, too, but nothing like the kind of dancing you had to do in 'West Side Story,' which was called jazz.

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.

I think it's useful to experience other types of dance and other cultures, and the life of a classical dancer these days is certainly not all tutus! So experience of other dance forms is a good idea.

I do ballet and pointe work. I also do tap, commercial jazz and technical jazz, freestyle street dancing.

Some actors have an affinity for dance, and they should explore it, train in it, and get good.

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

The world is full of ways for people to dance. Concert dance doesn't get its due.

I kind of lost interest in the classical dance. I was very much interested in the modern choreography.

I started dancing when I was four years old and then was in class until I was about 20 years old or so, and then primarily was dancing just in shows that I was doing, but not really studying and training.

I majored in dance in college.

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

I grew up being a dancer, so I was always doing some sort of dance number, like the Tornado in 'The Wiz.'

I started dancing when I was about four, and my mother put me into dancing school, and I did every type of dance there is.

I could have been a dancer. I just never got my shot at it.

Aside from singing, I'm also a dancer. I've been dancing since I was 8.

I grew up doing tap, jazz, and ballet, so I understand rhythm and movement and performing.

I am not a dancer. In fact, I have no formal training in dance.

Dance has been a driving force in my life for 25 years. From music videos and hip hop, to jazz and musical theater, to ballet and classic modern dance, I have had extensive exposure to a variety of techniques that inspire my own electric style.

I did ballet, jazz and flamenco from when I was five years old. And my professional career started with dancing in musicals.

I was always an actor, starting in middle school. I was in all the plays and all that. But dancing didn't come into my life until late into high school.

My dad photographed a lot of beautiful dancers. My mom was a dancer.

I have worked with several dance companies.

I've taken classes most of my life, and it's no secret among my friends I want to be in a movie about dance. Maybe 'Step Up 2,' with the delightful Channing Tatum.

In my heart, my first desire was to be a dancer. I always wanted to dance and I danced from the time I was 7 till I was well into my 30s.

No one around me was obsessed with Fred Astaire except for me. It just snowballed, really. I started with tap lessons. When I didn't have tap shoes, I taped nickels on the bottom of my penny loafers.