Sofia Boutella Quotes

Do I watch dancers as people? Yes, absolutely. Do I watch really good dancers for specifically who they are? Absolutely, because how they move best and how they look best is going to be most familiar to them, and not necessarily to me.

My mother was a dancer, so I like to use the body as part of the instrument of acting.

The ballet embodies the notes of music. And sometimes you almost feel like you can see the notes dance up there on the stage.

It's one of my strongest dance pieces - having just done Play Without Words which was veering away from a lot of dance - I thought it would be nice to go back to something with almost the most dance I'd done.

I am dancing all the time. Every gesture, the body line of every pose, the way I get from place to place, the movement in the acting - none of it would be the way it is if I weren't a dancer.

Sometimes I say I feel more like a dancer than an actor, because there are things implied about being an actor that I don't really like. I feel more comfortable with the word 'performer'. I like being the thing. I like being the doer. There's a factualness to it. And then certain resonances happen out of how you apply yourself physically.

I used to be a dancer, and for me it was a really good combination of dance and acting.

My first love is acting, but dancing comes naturally to me.

I'm the interpreter. I'm the one who takes your words and brings them to life. I was trained to sing and dance and laugh, and that's what I want to do.

Obviously I always wanted to do a contemporary piece.

Action choreographer is like talking. When you talk, you have a rhythm. When you act, you have a rhythm. When you're moving your body, you have a rhythm. So as an actor, as a choreographer, the objective is trying to blend everything in - into - ultimately back into that character.

I was performing in this burlesque group, and we would go to dance rehearsals every day. You'd use every part of your body. Even though some of it is slow, it takes a lot of muscle to be able to dip down and come back up.

I was a dancer first, which made me realize how much I loved performing.

I've always enjoyed the physical side of acting.

I was a dancer and performer.

I am most passionate about dancing and acting, so performing was my focus, always. Even before I was old enough to be serious about it, I was always meddling with things - dancing all over the place and performing for my family.

I've always been interested in dance and want to be a trained contemporary dancer.

Professional dancers are known for their barely-there costumes.

When people give me the choice to either sing or dance, I'd rather dance than sing.

I am a trained classical dancer.

I've never looked at what I do as show business, I guess, because of my connection to the art and how I was introduced to the dance.

I learned to act by watching Martha Graham dance, and I learned to dance by watching Charlie Chaplin act.

I was told that I was good in my dance movement classes and that I should concentrate on dance because it would enhance my ability to get acting work.

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

When eventually I started to act a bit more, I realised that circus school had taught me something that a lot of actors my age didn't have: physicality. They didn't know how to move. Acting is not all about talking. There is something animalistic about it.