Michelle Trachtenberg Quotes

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

Having trained as a dancer growing up, I love any dance related events.

I very much like dance and dancers.

I used to dance when I was younger - ballet and modern dance.

I've been dancing for 10 years.

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.

Dancing is my passion. I started as a dancer.

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

I've always been interested in dance and want to be a trained contemporary dancer.

When I am not auditioning or meeting people, I teach myself dance.

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

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.

I think I'm the same dancer everywhere. But I've learned a lot with Bolshoi - the history of the theater, the technique of the theater, different nuances in my technique.

Dance has helped me with everything. It was a great foundation for discipline, hard work and, unfortunately, the ever-elusive idea of perfection. It lends itself easily to fight choreography, because that's what it really is. Choreography. And knowing how to move with someone.

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

I didn't know if I could act, but I knew I could be a great ballet dancer, and Balanchine put out the carpet for me.

You may feel that Peter Martins' 'Beauty' is too compressed and inexpressive, but it's loyal to the text.

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.

You know, ballet might be too formal of a title for the type of dance I do, but I love to dance.

I've always loved dancing. As soon as there is good music, I've got to get up and dance. I was passionate about ballet as a little girl.

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.

The only time I've ever danced every day was during 'Dancing with the Stars' and in the two-week rehearsal for 'Dirty Dancing,' and that was only to do a particular dance.

Most people don't know that dancing auditions, you learn the steps right now.

I started dancing almost before I could walk.