Vincent Cassel Quotes

I would love to learn popping, locking and robotics, gymnastics and acrobatics; it is amazing to learn these things.

I began dancing when I was 7 years old. I was told that I had the perfect ballet dancer's body and had these crazy high arches in my feet that resulted in an amazing point. Ballet was very disciplined and, frankly, a little boring, so I eventually transitioned to gymnastics. I loved that, although I never reached a competitive level.

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

Being in ballet school and being in leotards in front of a mirror I don't know how many hours a day was quite tough.

I've always believed that the facts about dancing are more interesting than the myths, and this was a great chance for me to explore how the human body does such incredible things.

They do say, the smaller the feet, the better the dancer.

I have ballet class every other day for two hours. And for 'Six Feet Under', last week there was a sequence where I had to do a whole choreographed dance number, so I had four hours of dance practice every day.

I worked with a mime coach. I did weapons training. I did weight training.

I was performing in this burlesque group, and we would go to dance rehearsals every day. You'd use every part of your body. Even though some of it is slow, it takes a lot of muscle to be able to dip down and come back up.

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 have a dance background. I have an athletic background.

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.

I was a gymnast for many years before I was a dancer, so it comes in pretty handy when we do stunts.

I started with ballet and then my cousin Sarah introduced me to her tap teachers.

I was a dancer, so for me, if I don't work out for a week or move my body in some sense, I feel weird.

What musical performers bring to straight characterizations is that physical flexibility that comes with knowing your body so well. A lot of actors are terribly awkward. Terribly. And I think it's so important for them, when they're young, to work on their physical selves.

I would suggest it to any actor to get some movement classes because it really, really makes a difference.

I have rhythm, but I'm not a trained dancer.

I taught and studied dance in college, and for over a decade, I thought that would be my career: tap dancer, ballet dancer, modern dancer. I still find myself doing some tumbling or interpretive dancing in the grocery store every now and then.

Even though I'm a gymnast, I've always loved dancing.

My dance background helped me tremendously. Dancing is like second nature to me.

I grew up doing tap, jazz, and ballet, so I understand rhythm and movement and performing.

I saw singer Pink doing aerial flips during one of her performances at Grammy Awards. It got me inspired, and I started doing it, too. It has made me very flexible. I couldn't even touch my toes a few years ago, but now I find myself to be extremely fit.

I can sing, I can act, my physical comedy is on point. I can do the splits.

I teach jazz dancing and I can be a guest teacher whenever I want.