Henny Youngman Quotes

And then you have the classical ballerinas, they're like sopranos. Applied to the dance.

I've danced since I was 5 and went to the School of American Ballet at Lincoln Center at 7.

I was one of those dancers who they say wants to feel the floor through their pointe shoes. I would end up not wearing toe pads and that stuff. I would just wrap minimal amounts of paper towels around my toes.

Pointe shoes are torture devices. I mean, ballerinas get used to it, but it was definitely a new experience for me. They feel medieval. I was very happy to stop wearing them.

Toe dancing is a dandy attention getter, second only to screaming.

If you looked at my feet, you would know for sure that I used to do ballet. They're completely destroyed and ripped up.

At 7, I was at the barre and dancing at folk festivals. Then I was a student with the ballet school of the Metropolitan Opera.

I do take class because I still dance, and yes, I do slip into class with the Royal Ballet from time to time.

I wanted to be a male ballet dancer.

With classical ballet you are literally injuring yourself.

Certainly, when you train as a classical dancer, you are very much influenced by 'Giselle.' You see it all the time; you start to learn the steps a little.

I deliberately made an effort not to become an expert on the ballet.

Dancing in high heels is kind of tough. I learn the dances without the heels, and then we add them. We just practice, and I get used to it. My feet hurt really badly at the end of the shows, but it's fun. While it's happening it's fun. I feel tall.

Growing up, my sisters were both into dancing, so I went to a lot of dance recitals, mostly because there were always pretty girls in leotards.

All the New York City Ballet does is hit beautiful home runs.

I copied my brother. He was a natural dancer. Graceful. People always asked did we study ballet. We never did.

At age 10, I was better at ballet than I think I will ever be at any physical activity for the rest of my life.

The highest heels I do are six-inch heels - but mostly only dancers can wear them, since they are used to being on point in ballet shoes.

At age 14, coming to the U.S., all I knew was American Ballet Theatre, Baryshnikov, Nureyev, and some of the European companies. I barely knew anything about Balanchine.

Technical things are getting more mechanical. Take 'Swan Lake,' the Black Swan pas de deux. Now, my goodness, they're turning not just 32 fouettes - but double or triple pirouettes.

The highest heels I do are six-inch heels - but mostly only dancers can wear them, since they are used to being on point in ballet shoes. Their feet are arched.

I wanted so badly to study ballet, but it was really all about wearing the tutu.

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

I've been dancing all my life and studied at Joffrey Ballet when I was 13 and singing all my life.

I have had so many great moments, but I would have to say that dancing the Swan in 'Swan Lake' was such a unique and passionate experience for me. It was such bloody hard work, even at that very early age, that I would not want to try to replicate it again now.