Emmy Rossum Quotes

I can do contortionist things; it's really weird. But I can freak people out, which is great!

I can put my legs behind my head, but that's pretty much it. An early agent said to me, 'If you can put your legs behind your head, let's say you're a contortionist!' So I got sent out for everything twisty and bendy. It's a good conversation starter.

I can wrap my legs around my neck.

I do like all different kinds of sports and stuff. I've taken up gymnastics and slacklining - you know, tightroping, basically.

I've still got a few moves from my days as a gymnast.

I was always cast doing something athletic. I can't do a cartwheel.

We got to jump on, like, trampolines, learn flips, learn karate, kung fu, Hong Kong street fighting.

I did gymnastics when I was growing up and to this day I can still do the splits.

The only show my mother could afford to take me to when I was growing up was 'Cats', for my birthday.

Going up the walls doing somersaults, that trick took a couple of days.

I've always been an incredibly physically capable human being. I've always had good control of my body, walk a hundred feet on my hands, jump off rock wall and do a back flip into the sand. That's always been who I am.

You want your lady to be a contortionist. What man wouldn't want a lady who's a contortionist?

To learn to do backflips and front flips, you had to fall and bump your head a couple times. I've been doing them since I was a little one, though. Just something I've enjoyed doing, just flip.

That's something I do, like, all the time. I just do backflips off things.

I do tumbling and flips; there's a gym I go to for that.

My dad used to call me 'the human pretzel' because I was able to bend my body, and because my legs are very long.

I like to do the splits onstage.

My goal is to do cartwheels for the rest of my life.

I am partial to a cartwheel or two. It's the way to go; I'll be doing them in my 50s, hopefully.

I can walk on my hands.

I started taking gymnastic classes when I was 3 years old.

I love mayonnaise. Every birthday when I was a kid I'd go to Black Angus and just dip my burger in mayo.

I really loved what the guys were doing more than anything, how high they jumped, how effortless it was.

I'm very acrobatic. I can do backflips and all that crazy stuff.

Tumbling has always been my favorite.