Sonoya Mizuno Quotes

I didn't go to drama school or anything, and I learned on the job. And it's nice to have the chance to pretend to be other people. As a singer, though, I feel there's much more of me in that. I've written the songs, I'm singing them, I'm exposing my feelings.

Ballet really taught me so much about the power of movement.

Acting is all about truth and honesty, and the sensitivity that's capable of transporting you.

Our impulse as people is to try to control; as an actor, you have to give up that control.

When I was 8, I began to study ballet. In seventh grade, my mother took me into New York to study at the School of American Ballet. I loved ballet - its precision, the escape from uncertainty, and the music.

I've got a three-year-old daughter. To picture her being a dancer, I'd absolutely love that. I'm in absolute awe of what they do. Just seeing them work, they're incredible.

I am a dancer at heart.

I can let go of a lot of stuff, but I focus on things I think I should, like dancing, because it takes 100 percent concentration on every step.

Ballet was so structured. I'd been craving something that could guide me.

Dance has been very close to my heart. I am very passionate about it.

Ballet is such a disciplined craft and it has given me a good grounding.

Songs are about just being totally honest and putting those words to music.

I grew up studying ballet; I grew up honing my craft.

I'm not afraid of portraying anything on-screen.

On stage you can get away with a lot more in the sense of emotion and truthfulness. But the camera is the eye of God. It sees everything.

I don't want to bury anything in poetry.

Singing is about telling a story. When you are onstage, you get to be your own self... When acting, you're someone else.

The more and more I work with really great actors, the more it's about opening yourself up to what they bring.

I loved dance.

I sing songs that I have lived or I write them because I have lived them. I think the believability factor is key.

I remember hearing someone say that good acting is more about taking off a mask than putting one on, and in movie acting, certainly that's true. With the camera so close, you can see right down into your soul, hopefully. So being able to do that in a way is terrifying, and in another way, truly liberating. And I like that about it.

Doing a scene truthfully is very similar to doing a song truthfully. They're really parallel.

I like to play very raw characters, characters who have a degree of vulnerability and passion about what they're doing.

The New York City Ballet is always about the realm of possibilities, the realm of what the human body can do, what the human spirit can do. And it's about listening, it's about listening to remarkable music and how we respond to that.

I am passionate about ballet.