Theo Von Quotes

I was a dancer for many years. I was a premier dancer with 'Porgy and Bess,' the opera. And I taught dance some, in different places.

I have worked with several dance companies.

I danced with the London Festival at Covent Garden. I'm a ballerina by trade; I'm a ballerina who sings by the way.

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.

I could have had class. I could have been a contender.

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

I wanted to be a tap dancer when I was very young.

I could have been a mediocre tap dancer.

That's my dream: one day, I want to standing on the stage on Broadway. I sing; my dancing is terrible, but I can be trained. That's my dream. That's something I really want to work on.

My dad photographed a lot of beautiful dancers. My mom was a dancer.

I kind of lost interest in the classical dance. I was very much interested in the modern choreography.

My dream role would be anything where I get to tap-dance.

I prefer musicals, because I am the best dancer who ever lived. The best plies, the best sashays, and by far the best-smelling Capezios.

My first vocation was dance.

The choreographer for the Milton Berle show wanted me to audition. I walked away from that.

I was more of a dancing kid than a singing kid. I mean, I sang in school choirs and I sang in school musicals, but I was much more interested in dancing than singing.

I started dancing when I was four years old and then was in class until I was about 20 years old or so, and then primarily was dancing just in shows that I was doing, but not really studying and training.

I competitively ice skate, and I also dance, and I do a lot of theater, which also involves a lot, a lot of physicality, because you have to do a lot of fast changes.

Actors, after all, dream.

Dancing is my passion. I started as a dancer.

I majored in dance in college.

It became my first passion, the first thing I really fell in love with. I joined the Ralph Robinson Ballet company, and then went to New York and became a dancer. I thought I'd die before I did anything else.

Some actors have an affinity for dance, and they should explore it, train in it, and get good.

If Beyonce needs another back up dancer, I mean, I could make time.

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.'