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"I wanted so badly to study ballet, but it was really all about wearing the tutu."
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"However, the moral center of New York City, I believe, is the New York City Ballet."
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"I toured the Middle Eastern countries with the ballet."
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"And what would be great numbers in a Broadway show are now on stage of the New York City Ballet."
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"I wanted so badly to study ballet, but it was really all about wearing the tutu."
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"The particular ballet was not so important as the fact that I was physically healthy, and capable of getting out there and dancing as often as possible."
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"Mum, who had been a dancer with a small ballet company before she got married, was full of encouragement. She didn't say, 'This is really good, you should do this', She just encouraged us to do whatever we liked."
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"If a ballet dancer falls over, it's knowing how to get out looking clumsy that counts."
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"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."
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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 grew up in the theater and danced ballet atrociously."
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"I went to America on holiday when I was 17 and, before I knew it, I'd been signed up by an agency and had these obligations I didn't understand, but which I couldn't say no to. This industry chose me. But I did choose to make it fulfilling."
America
"Having children is my greatest achievement. It was my saviour. It switched my focus from the outside to the inside. My children are gifts, they remind me of what's important."
Achievement
"As long as people want to see me in movies, and as long as I find it interesting, I'll keep working."
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"It's not vanity to feel you have a right to be beautiful. Women are taught to feel we're not good enough, that we must live up to someone else's standards. But my aim is to cherish myself as I am."
Woman
"People in the fashion industry have used the press a lot more than people in the film industry, because you have nothing to sell except for the image: The image is everything."
People
"A celebrity name is never enough for an intelligent mass market... truly successful businesses are born of passion and heartfelt interest."
Success
"I've done all this stuff because it's fun. It's never been about fame."
Fame
"I don't believe we own our children, they're their own souls who make their own choices, we just guide and support them."
Children
"I just happen to like the work. I like preparing for a role. I like reading. I like analyzing. I like literature. I like emotions. I like working with other actors."
Work
"You know, Mamet is not a huge writer of female parts. Most of his movies don't even have women in them, so I'm lucky I'm in it at all."
Movies
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