Wendy Whelan Quotes

You have to get to know your voice and its strengths and play on those. It took me quite a long time.

I wanted to be a pianist but it just wasn't my thing. I guess I wanted to stand up rather than sit down.

I began to fear that the Graham work was not in lots of ways sufficient for me. I suppose it came about from looking at other dancing and being involved with the ballet - something about the air and the way she thought about dancing.

I find that with dance - and with the arts in general - because I want to grow in my performance, I have to come face to face with my own personal challenges.

For ballet dancers, style is about melding personal expression with physical form.

I'm good in front of the camera in terms of speaking or entertaining or being humorous, but when it comes to dancing, you really got to know your stuff in order to be confident. You can freeze up or get stiff, and it's just not a good situation.

An artistic standpoint - I've watched a lot of ballet and source some inspiration from how they move, connect with each other, and find meaning in their movement.

I had to learn about patience, to let the music get its own spirit and voice.

When people give me the choice to either sing or dance, I'd rather dance than sing.

Standing in our power demands that we be vulnerable, listen to our own voice, and take risks outside the comfort of what we know.

I could take my time, and nobody was pressuring me to be a headliner. I could go up there, find my voice, and figure out what I wanted to do.

For me, it's about being comfortable... but I can feel comfortable in a thong leotard and on stage. Growing up as a dancer, that's how I'm comfortable in my body. It's about where you grew up and those things; it's a way of communicating your spirit to the world.

Acting-wise, I'm way more comfortable finding out new things about the actor in me and RJ as a person. There's a lot of new nuggets that I can dip in the sauce.

I liked writing before I figured out I liked acting.

That's one of the really cool things about being an actor. You get to explore all different parts of yourself.

All of my experiences modeling, acting, doing theater, it's all in the work now. And the work freed me to transform myself.

It took a lot of years for me to get comfortable, strutting my stuff, dancing like a fool, having that sparkly dress on that says, 'Here I am.'

I'm fascinated with acting now. In retrospect, I was only beginning to chip off the tip of the iceberg with how far I can go or what I was exploring inside of me that I hadn't touched in a while as far as emotional headspaces.

It was a natural progression for me to find that if acting was what made me most comfortable, the best thing for me to progress toward was television and film.

I never imagined myself being a rapper.

When I was 14 and went on the stage for the first time, it stimulated me so much that I was convinced that I didn't want to do anything else.

Whenever I sing a song, I just want it to reach out to the audience.

Ventriloquism kind of helped me find my voice. It's really helped me come out of my shell.

I was first introduced to dancing through the TV: I remember watching ballet, jazz and ballroom dancing when I was very little. But I felt no connection with it whatsoever: it was just like watching a Tom and Jerry cartoon.

It took a while of performing and pushing the boundaries and starting to involve the audience to feel comfortable.