Rudolf Nureyev Quotes

Working out for me really depends on my shoot schedule, but I try to move my body every day. I really believe in exercise as an anti-depressant. It's a great way to feel better.

I like to be physical and work out and dance, because it makes me feel good. It really does. I grew up doing it - it is obviously something that is so natural for me that when I'm not doing that, I actually feel kind of off and weird.

Dancing is a very healthy thing to do for our body.

I do it as a therapy. I do it as something to keep me alive. We all need a little discipline. Exercise is my discipline.

I could work out a lot of my emotions by going to class and dancing.

I usually get all my stress and anger out at the gym. But when I get out, I'm kind of a pleasant person - really.

Dancing is my therapy. I also try to meditate every morning and take several two-hour yoga classes a week at my favorite yoga studio, Urban Flow.

I feel like I have to move violently once a day, or I'll lose my mind.

I believe dancing is the best stress reliever.

Dancing is one of the best ways of expressing yourself, and I definitely use it to release emotion.

I'm an exercise and yoga junkie and I feel good.

I don't happen to think magazines should be full of thin people. What I do say is that we can all work a little harder with what we have. It is possible to achieve a better body shape and heart rate with nutrition and exercise.

You can be the most beautiful person on Earth, and if you don't have a fitness or diet routine, you won't be beautiful.

I'm an intense guy. I run 10 miles a day, which helps alleviate my intensity. Also, singing helps defuse my intensity. Playing the piano helps, and writing helps.

I just have to express myself somehow, either through singing, dance or fitness. You get sick of it; you have days where you think you don't want to do it, but generally after I've done something, I feel better. That's why I do the exercise: to earn my bar of chocolate and cappuccino.

Running is a part of my medicine. It's what helps relieve my stress, and it's what helps me get away from the concerns of business and anything else that's going on in my life that I need to escape from at times - to find who I am. Running really helps me with that.

When I started working out, it wasn't about weight loss; I was going through a really hard time and needed an emotional release. Once you start getting in the tabloids claiming you have fake body parts, then it's like, 'Okay, I made it. Now I'm really working out.'

I'm making little changes in my life to take care of myself, like putting in a mile or two on my treadmill every day.

When people are entering a high-stress period, they don't sleep and don't exercise, but in fact, it should be just the opposite.

I have to have some kind of creative outlet; otherwise, I'm hell to be around.

When I get into a bad mood, I do sports and then everything's OK. And then I go and make decisions, however painful they may be.

I genuinely enjoy sweating out my frustrations and living a healthier life. My workouts are not all about vanity. They are about clarity for my mind and soul.

When I'm having a really rough day, I take it out in the gym. It releases so many endorphins in your body.

I learned that working out gives me a space to get clear. It's not just about the body. It gives me space to process things and get clear in my mind about decisions and things I want to do.

I get antsy if a year goes by without doing a play. I don't go to the gym, so this is my way of trying to live longer.