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My parents were ballet dancers, and I did a lot of ballet, too, so I think I learned quite early on how to hold my body. Although I do recall desperately wishing I was shorter at school.

— Elizabeth Debicki

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

As an adult, I took ballet classes three times a week, and I believed it gave me better posture, a stronger body, and made me more graceful.

— Ann Hood

Ballet teaches you how to hold yourself.

— Joseph Altuzarra

I trained as a ballet dancer - well, I started when I was two and a half, and was serious about it from when I was eight until I was 18.

— Jessica Brown Findlay

I started taking ballet lessons when I was three and a half and I still take dance classes.

— Oksana Baiul

When I was growing up, I cheered and danced and ran and stuff like that. I'm probably thinner now than I was in high school. I had a lot of muscle - a lot of muscle in high school.

— Ashley Greene

At age 10, I was better at ballet than I think I will ever be at any physical activity for the rest of my life.

— Katie Findlay

When I was young I wanted to be a gymnast. I used to compete at it, but then I grew too tall.

— Miranda Kerr

The ages two to 15 I spent at different stages of shortness. I didn't become a tall person until I was 16.

— John Cusack

I grew up studying dance, taking ballet lessons.

— Jane Hamilton

I wear short shorts. After 10 years of strenuous ballet, it's the least my legs can do for me.

— Solange Knowles

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