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"I got kicked out of ballet class because I pulled a groin muscle. It wasn't mine."

"I didn't care too much for ballet, because you had to be more disciplined, and you sort of looked like everyone else. It required a certain kind of conformity that I didn't feel like I wanted to do."

"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."

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

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

"I wanted so badly to study ballet, but it was really all about wearing the tutu."
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"I went to ballet school for nine years, and there was an agent for the whole school who happened to be there visiting one of the performances. She suggested an audition."


"I thought The Visitation was good fun. We did some of that filming at Ealing on the big set."


"One of my favorite stories was Black Orchid, because it was so different from all the others. I especially enjoyed dancing the Charleston. I have always been keen on dancing."


"I do still like television very much, but the theatre does really have something special about it."


"We had a very energetic floor manager and he was always jumping around all over the place. The director would send down messages like, Can you tell that actor to calm down?"


"The cybermen are good monsters, I think. My earliest memories are of the cybermen from when I used to watch when I was younger. It's nice to have them back."


"In the studio, if they need to come down to the floor, things are a bit pushy, although it is easier for them to say things directly rather than through about five people."


"There's lots of interesting jobs in the profession besides acting, and I like to try and keep an eye on and understand other people's jobs, rather than just my own."
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