Patricia McBride Quotes

My background is in modern dance. I was a dancer and a choreographer before I was a director, and in dance, you can't cheat. Your leg goes up in the air, or it doesn't. So when I direct, I'm a big preparer.

You know who a role model for me is? George Ballanchine.

I very much like dance and dancers.

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.

Mr. Balanchine was a great gentleman, and he loved his dancers. He was devoted to his company. He came to the ballet every night, and his presence was felt. It was like the whole company was dancing for him. And if he liked you, he trusted you to be yourself. He didn't try to change you and make you into something you were not.

I've been dancing for 10 years.

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.

Dancing is my passion. I started as a dancer.

I love dance; that's a big part of my life - like, ballet specifically.

I have learned a great deal from the theatrical side of Covent Garden. The Paris Opera Ballet is more concerned with technique. It's perfect. It's beautiful. It's well done. But it lacks the theatrical tradition that is so important in England. At the Royal Ballet, absolutely everyone on stage seems to be caught up in the plot.

I never dreamt of becoming a ballerina. I was just curious about it, it was something to explore.

I've always felt that Balanchine is my ultimate teacher. I learn the most from observing his work and also dancing in it.

Dance has been a driving force in my life for 25 years. From music videos and hip hop, to jazz and musical theater, to ballet and classic modern dance, I have had extensive exposure to a variety of techniques that inspire my own electric style.

I'm a dancer, so I love to dance.

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

I love ballet because you can see how beautiful the body is.

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

Soledad Barrio is clearly a master - of thrilling steps and passionate movement. She stalks, she circles, she struts, she snaps her head - her feet drill the stage.

I have worked with several dance companies.

I think of the New York City Ballet as the Yankees without George Steinbrenner.

I danced with the London Festival at Covent Garden. I'm a ballerina by trade; I'm a ballerina who sings by the way.

I was a Russian dancer in my elementary school production of 'Fiddler on the Roof' when I was in third grade or fourth grade. I was one of the younger kids accepted into the play, and the plays were pretty impressive, let me say.

And what would be great numbers in a Broadway show are now on stage of the New York City Ballet.

A dancer's life is all about repetition.

And then, all of a sudden, you're like, all that's great and fun, but Arthur Miller's in my dressing room. This is the third night he's been here and he sits in my dressing room for an hour after each show, and talks to me for an hour. So I'm pretty spoiled right now.