Nana Visitor Quotes

I had given up the theater and everything propelled me into entertainment. And I didn't resist it.

Up until I started on YouTube, my first love was musical theater.

Growing up as a dancer, the stage is really where I love to be performance wise.

I'm always up for going back to the stage.

Very often my weekends are spent performing on Saturday, on stage in the afternoon and again in the evening.

I was a dancer.

I like to act. Every other aspect of show business I find uninteresting.

In my first year at drama school, I did this kids' show called 'Let's See.'

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 grew up doing musicals. I've done so many musicals in my life, I kind of got them out of my system. But, I certainly would be open to them. Rocky Horror Show is a big favorite of mine.

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

I've always seen myself as one of those 'show people.' My earliest memories are wanting and needing to entertain people, like a gypsy traveler who goes from place to place, city to city, performing for audiences and reaching people.

I wasn't planning on doing musicals, but that's how I started.

I grew up in musical theatre and love to perform on stage.

When I grow up I am going to be a ballerina. I will be in Giselle. It will be so much fun being a ballerina.

Later, I even appeared in a Rock Opera with Richard Gere.

My life is to sing.

I will never leave the theater. My heart is there, and I love being on stage 8 times a week.

I did my fist show, 'Godspell', in my freshman year of high school.

Having done so many versions, I never felt like an artist in 'Swan Lake.'

Curtain! Fast music! Light! Ready for the last finale! Great! The show looks good, the show looks good!

My dad was a theater actor, so I would follow him backstage. And my mom was a casting director. The moment I heard the applause and realized it would get me out of school, I was hooked.

The stage is near and dear to me.

'Neverwhere,' by Benjamin Millepied, is set to his favorite composer, Nico Muhly.

Everyone knows 'Smash' is about musical numbers, and everyone knows we have fantastic dance sequences and great performances.