Keri Russell Quotes

I started with ballet, and once I started to really like it, I got into more - I did jazz and tap, and then kept going.

Dance classes are not designed to be workouts - they're designed to teach skill.

I feel I can handle the architecture of dance as well as anybody.

Dance must have a precision without fault.

I've been dancing my entire life. Jazz, hip hop, ballet. And then there's tap dancing. I love to tap.

I grew up in dance class, so I was looking in mirrors all day.

I always liked dancing and you'd go to class and find you had an hour acting and an hour of ballet.

A lot of heroines ask me to make the dance steps easier.

I've always enjoyed dancing, and I train myself in it. I try to hone my skills whenever I get the chance.

I can make a beginner, anyone with no dance experience, look amazing if we put in the hours.

At the ballet classes I took when I first came to New York, I would see great dancers like Cynthia Gregory and Lupe Serrano. I would look at them and study what they could do, and what I couldn't do. And then I'd think maybe they should try what I could do.

I always considered myself a dancer before anything else.

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.

Kleiber was the perfect dancer - so perfect that you could see the process. After all, dance is a process; it's a series of snapshots. Kleiber knew how to connect people to the flow, so he could stop managing people.

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

The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body.

Dance is a very disciplining career or hobby. I was disciplined at an early age.

Dancing is just like racing. You don't learn choreography. They just give you steps to do, and you do them over and over and over. It's very much like what I do in racing.

Dancing is kind of my thing.

I was not awesome at dancing. For a ballerina, I probably started too late. Plus I enjoyed entertaining people too much.

How can we know the dancer from the dance?

I'm a pretty decent tap dancer. I enjoy all types of dancing, actually.

I can do the tricks and I can skate. I have great skating skills and artistry and well-choreographed programs. For me, the biggest obstacle is just bringing it all together.

When I was really young, my mom enrolled me in dance classes.

I have a strong dance background. I danced from age five until 18, and that helps a lot. Doing a fight routine is like doing a dance routine.