Roger Allam Quotes

I would do musicals in high school where there was dancing, and I would sing my verse, and then they would choreograph it so when I would take an eight-count to back up to the back of the stage while the other dancers covered me up because my body was totally... I was always in newborn-deer mode.

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

I had never danced all my life until I shot for my first song in 'Chirutha.'

I was glad to have had some dance background because some of the dances are pretty wild.

I did a lot of musicals when I first started my career, so I can carry a tune well.

I've always loved Broadway, but I never thought I'd actually do it because I was never a full Broadway dancer. And I don't have a big, booming voice.

I was a ballet dancer and that kind of bled into musical theater. I was constantly in rehearsal for one thing or another.

I've always, especially through old Hollywood musicals, loved just to watch tap dancing; I adore it. I think it's fantastic.

My only claim to music is a good sense of rhythm, and I have been in musicals and done some singing.

One thing I've learned from 'Strictly' is timing and the craft of the talk.

I'm a singer who moves like a dancer.

I prefer musicals, because I am the best dancer who ever lived. The best plies, the best sashays, and by far the best-smelling Capezios.

Tap dancing is all about the feet; you put your head down and don't really engage with anything but the rhythm in your head.

Choreographers use me as the old guy who still dances. Not that I put on white tights.

Musical shows are really popular because there are lots of talented kids out there that can sing and dance.

Dancing and music were my first love. I was happiest at being a chorus boy.

The actual cheerleaders in our film are all Broadway dancers.

Tap dancing is something I love, and I've been working on it to get really good.

Just because you've been on stage doesn't mean you can dance.

I'm a pretty decent tap dancer. I enjoy all types of dancing, actually.

I'm not a good dancer, but I try. I don't really have the moves.

I'm heavily involved in the creative with choreographer Christopher Scott. I go to rehearsals with 'Glee' and then practice with LXD till about midnight.

In Chicago, I walked in knowing what the dancers were going to need.

I've never danced professionally as a ballet dancer, but all of my training is ballet, and I am a Fosse dancer.

No talent lies in my dancing.