Morgan Freeman Quotes

Dance is a physical and mental workout. Once you get your body moving, you'll see a difference.

I was a dancer for fifteen years, and I think a lot of what dancing gives you crosses over so much into anything to do with fighting, martial arts, anything action.

As an adult, I took ballet classes three times a week, and I believed it gave me better posture, a stronger body, and made me more graceful.

I have rhythm, but I'm not a trained dancer.

Sometimes it's harder to untrain somebody with dance experience than it is to teach somebody with a new skill.

My movements, ma'am, are all leg movements. I don't do nothing with my body.

Gymnastics uses every single part of your body, every little tiny muscle that you never even knew.

I feel like when I do some dance moves during the week or at the house, I'm quicker on my feet. I can react quicker just from dancing.

I really like the structure of my body. It moves well, it looks good, it photographs well, it understands gesture and nuance.

I was a dancer, so for me, if I don't work out for a week or move my body in some sense, I feel weird.

I am fairly physically aware and agile, and I imbue that into the characters I play.

What musical performers bring to straight characterizations is that physical flexibility that comes with knowing your body so well. A lot of actors are terribly awkward. Terribly. And I think it's so important for them, when they're young, to work on their physical selves.

I like to say, 'Once a dancer, always a dancer.' In everything - the way you walk, the way you move, the way you talk, the way you sit - everything is just, you've been trained a certain way your whole life, so it's a bit muscle memory.

I've found that most people who studied when they were little, even if they never took another tap class, it's percussive, so it stays in your body, the muscle memory of it.

With dancing, it just brings out more flexibility, more core strength, and you definitely get a great workout.

Dancing really teaches you to be aware of your body, and that transitioned well into wrestling.

I do mat or take floor Pilates class at home. I also take dance lessons at home.

I love doing stunts, though I have to be careful with my back. As for dances, somehow I am uncomfortable doing them. I lack grace.

Dancing is all about your core.

I realize that I'm not a great dancer. I've given up the hip-shaking. I don't pelvic thrust anymore. Those were the beginning days of T. R. learning how to dance. But I love it, and I've taken a few choreography lessons. But other than that, I kinda just feel it, I guess.

I am not a dancer and for me, to learn the art is fun. It gives you the confidence that you can dance.

When you're using your upper body to live, you get to know how to move every muscle.

Whether it's dance or action, what's important is hand and body co-ordination. When you are a good dancer then automatically while performing action, the co-ordination is that much easier.

My dance background helped me tremendously. Dancing is like second nature to me.

Dancers know how to move their arms and their hands. But I don't know the first thing about how to move my arms and hands gracefully.