I'm still trying to change the way people see black dancers that we can become delicate dancers, that we can be a ballerina.
In 22 years of acting, I've only done two movies where I, personally, kill people. The Coens called me the Spanish Ballerina on (the No Country For Old Men) set, because every time I had the gun, when they called cut, I'd give it back and say, 'Take this s**t out of my hands!' There were laughing, like they couldn't believe I was supposed to be the villain.
I was not awesome at dancing. For a ballerina, I probably started too late. Plus I enjoyed entertaining people too much.
You’re just jealous of me because I’m a tap-dancing ballerina fairy princess veterinarian!
I have no interest in being a trained ballerina. People should dance how they want to dance. I want to be the funky chicken.
A lot of people think, "Oh I'm going to eat whatever I want and then go to the gym. " And I've definitely been one of those people and it just doesn't give me the results that I need to have the physique of a ballerina.
Looking back at it now, I really feel like it was a gift because I don't know if I have the talent to become a prima ballerina. It's such a hard job to have. I don't have any regrets about it.
I have too much respect for ballet to dare practice it. I did ask ballerina Megan LeCrone to teach me jetés. She said that was impossible but did observe that I have great feet.
I wanted to be a ballerina. I changed my mind.
To become a classical ballerina, you have to move to New York when you're 12 or 11 and that becomes your life. I just wanted to be good in my company in Charleston and I wanted it to always be part of my life.
You've got to break through this idea of being light as a ballerina. The heavier you'll feel, the lighter you'll look.
I danced with the London Festival at Covent Garden. I'm a ballerina by trade; I'm a ballerina who sings by the way.
When I was young I was soft spoken and a little bit timid and passive. My dream then was to be a ballerina or a figure skater - something very delicate.
I've always wanted to be a professional dancer, I'd always wanted to be a ballerina. I trained for 13 years but it never came to be.
My mom always wanted me be a ballerina, and I was just adamant that I wanted to be a track star. I wanted nothing to do with ballet.
How awfully convenient for you, regardless. And for him. He won't have to worry about you spilling his secrets. " "Yeah," Jace said. "He's terrified I'll tell everyone that he's always wanted to be a ballerina.
As a former ballerina, I can't put down Maggie Shipstead's new book, Astonish Me.
A ballerina's life can be glorious. But it does not get any easier. I don't think anyone must ever think about it getting easier.
And then you have the classical ballerinas, they're like sopranos. Applied to the dance.
I wanted to be a ballerina so badly. You can be seen and take over the spotlight without speaking. I had a fear of speaking in public back then.
