Katarina Johnson-Thompson Quotes

My mom thought I could dance because I used to dance to this Janet Jackson song she'd play when I was a baby. Then she would take me to a Saturday dance school. I used to go every week and got spotted by a scout, who suggested I audition for the role of Billy in 'Billy Elliot the Musical.'

I went to ballet school for nine years, and there was an agent for the whole school who happened to be there visiting one of the performances. She suggested an audition.

I've got no plans to be a ballet dancer at the moment.

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 really wanted to be a dancer, but I just wasn't good enough to do that so that didn't happen.

My mom put me in dance classes when I was 5 years old.

I was the lead in two musicals, and I took dance classes.

When I first moved to New York, I wanted to be a dancer. I danced professionally for years, living a hand-to-mouth existence. I never tapped into nightlife; all I knew was dancers. We went to bed early and got up early and went to free concerts at the Lincoln Center and Shakespeare in the Park.

Desire is the first thing a modern dancer should have. Skill can be developed. But if you don't have desire as a modern dancer, forget it.

Sometimes I think being an actor is like being a dog for a director; it's like they throw a stick, and you want to fetch it and bring it back to them. You want a pat on the head for it.

I've been a ballerina since I was two, but I've always wanted to be an actress.

When you cast, you can't cast only visually; you have to cast emotionally, too.

From the age of three to 15, I wanted to be a ballerina and trained really, really hard. Then I had that classic movie story moment, where I had an injury and had to give up my dream.

I studied dancing a little bit when I was young.

I wanted to be a ballet dancer. I was bad - I'm not very coordinated. But I always wished I could have been a dancer.

As soon as I started dancing at 14, I knew I was always going to be a professional dancer.

When I grow up I am going to be a ballerina. I will be in Giselle. It will be so much fun being a ballerina.

I really feel confident about my dancing now, so I hope there could be a place for me in the West End or on Broadway - maybe a musical, maybe my own show.

Look at where I lived! Four blocks from Lincoln Center. I used to play in the fountain. And then I started taking dance lessons. I was in 'The Nutcracker' for the N.Y. City Ballet when I was 8 and dancing in 'The Firebird' for George Balanchine when I was 9. Believe me, that's something you don't ever forget.

I do after-school ballet and also hip-hop and jazz.

I was really into dancing, taking six classes a week, and my real dream was to be in a Broadway show.

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

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

I've tapdanced since I was 11 years old. I always wanted to be a tapdancer, and that's all I ever wanted to be.

I'd studied dance in Chicago every summer end taught it all winter, and I was well-rounded. I wasn't worried about getting a job on Broadway. In fact, I got one the first week.