Abby Lee Miller Quotes

I've been in continuing education programs since taking my dance master's exam at age 21.

So many people think of me as a character on TV, but first and foremost, my passion is teaching dance and creating employable, working dancers.

I'm not naturally a gifted dancer, and I don't enjoy it.

I trained in every form of dance - started as a tap dancer when I was a kid, then contemporary, ballet, ballroom, everything. Russian, Swedish.

Nobody is born a dancer.

I don't have dance history or background.

I've been dancing all my life, but I never did it seriously.

I danced growing up. I had two friends of mine that, actually, one of them wound up dancing with Alvin Ailey.

I find that dancers are only well trained in ballet these days.

My goal was to become the best dancer in the world and, because I started late, I always had this feeling I was playing catch-up, so I've been a bit of a maniac most of my life, sort of striving.

I've actually tried to give Brett Ratner dance lessons, but he thinks he already knows how to.

I know that dancers, especially ballet dancers, can't do it forever.

I have lots of interests, but it's true that dancing is a very full-time job.

A friend of my mother's, Irene Lopez, was a Spanish dancer. She saw me bopping around the room and said to my mother, 'Rosita might have talent. Can I take her to my dance teacher?' There was no thought of a career at that time, but I knew I loved the attention, and that's so much a part of being a performer.

We didn't have any real proper school. We did not have a place to go to learn to dance and the joy of dancing.

I wouldn't say that I am one of the greatest dancers, but I am really quite good at what I do.

I was associated with Shaimak Davar for three and a half years and learnt a lot from him.

While dancing for me was fun, becoming a choreographer was not something I wanted to do.

I've been dancing for 20 years. I just kept doing the same job that I've always done.

I did a postgrad at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.

We have a lot of raw talent hidden in this country capable of taking on the world dance stage by storm.

I'm not a professional dancer.

I am thankful that 'Jhalak' made me a professional dancer now from just a 'barat' dancer.

I am seriously thinking of making dance as my major profession.

There's nobody knows more about dancing and choreography than Arlene Phillips, ever.