"When other little girls wanted to be ballet dancers I kind of wanted to be a vampire."

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"When other little girls wanted to be ballet dancers I kind of wanted to be a vampire."

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"I toured the Middle Eastern countries with the ballet."

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"I'd like to believe that the people that have supported me in my work or identified with me in films, the people that feel they know me, they do and they don't have misconceptions - they understand. I believe that."

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"I never like being touched, ever. People used to say I held my breath when they were hugging me. I still do."

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"I've realized that being happy is a choice. You never want to rub anybody the wrong way or not be fun to be around, but you have to be happy. When I get logical and I don't trust my instincts - Thats when I get in trouble."

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"I'm happy being myself, which I've never been before. I always hid in other people, or tried to find myself through the characters, or live out their lives, but I didn't have those things in mine."

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"I love to put on lotion. Sometimes I'll watch TV and go into a lotion trance for an hour. I try to find brands that don't taste bad in case anyone wants to taste me."

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"If you ask people what they've always wanted to do, most people haven't done it. That breaks my heart."

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"I'm odd looking. Sometimes I think I look like a funny muppet."

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"I toured the Middle Eastern countries with the ballet."

"There would never have been a British Ballet without Diaghilev. He had a wonderful influence."

"Classical ballet will never die."

"I never went to a ballet until I was 45 years old. I don't know why."

"You increase muscle bulk by training against resistance. For example, weights. And in ballet, this isn't the case."

"Dancing is a tough career, but I'm glad I spent it at the Royal Ballet."

"I think of the New York City Ballet as the Yankees without George Steinbrenner."

"I think that every year that the New York City Ballet is alive is worthy of celebration. Because otherwise the terrible thing is just that we take it for granted."

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

"Ballet is completely unnatural to the body, just being turned-out... it's not the way your body is supposed to function, so you actually train your body to be a different structure than you were born with."

Explore more quotes by Angelina Jolie

"I'd like to believe that the people that have supported me in my work or identified with me in films, the people that feel they know me, they do and they don't have misconceptions - they understand. I believe that."

"I never like being touched, ever. People used to say I held my breath when they were hugging me. I still do."

"I've realized that being happy is a choice. You never want to rub anybody the wrong way or not be fun to be around, but you have to be happy. When I get logical and I don't trust my instincts - Thats when I get in trouble."

"I'm happy being myself, which I've never been before. I always hid in other people, or tried to find myself through the characters, or live out their lives, but I didn't have those things in mine."

"I love to put on lotion. Sometimes I'll watch TV and go into a lotion trance for an hour. I try to find brands that don't taste bad in case anyone wants to taste me."

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