Donna McKechnie Quotes

Dancing came easy for me. Acting came hard.

As somebody who has wanted to be an actor who is very young, I can relate to somebody who has been practicing oboe five days a week since they were very young. The physicality of anything a character does is a tremendous gift.

Actors are born, good actors are trained. Dancers are born, good dancers are trained.

Diana Vishneva is not only a magnificent dancer but a magnificent actress - no one works harder or understands more.

I was an okay singer. I was an okay dancer. But acting? Never could do it.

Acting is about acting, not about being a movie star.

It matters to me, acting. It's what I do. It's what I've given up a lot to do. It's my life source. And I guess I'm too serious about it sometimes, but I want to treat it right.

I should be on Broadway. You have to sing, you have to dance, you have to speak well, and I'm good at all of those!

I've always enjoyed dancing, and I train myself in it. I try to hone my skills whenever I get the chance.

Performing is my favorite thing.

Theatre demands different muscles and different aspects of one's personality.

I was always an entertainer.

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.

You can have a knack for dancing, but you still have to practice till your feet are bleeding to be worthy of being in front of an audience.

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

Acting is real important to me. I love it, and it's something I care about.

Really, acting is like anything else. The more time you put in, the more you learn and the more you can give back to the industry.

Music and acting kind of all goes together.

I fell in love with acting. I thought, 'This is what I want to do.'

The theater was my first training ground. It taught me discipline, dedication and appreciation of hard work.

Good acting is all in the writing. If it isn't on the page, then it really won't make any difference. You cannot act on force of personality alone.

Drama is not hard for me. It just didn't seem hard.

Drama is something I'm good at, I guess.

I'm a performer.

That's the thing about acting - you can't fake it.