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I was always an actor, starting in middle school. I was in all the plays and all that. But dancing didn't come into my life until late into high school.

— Harry Shum, Jr.

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I became disillusioned with dance when I was 16 and started focusing on acting.

— Teri Polo

I came into the industry as an actor. And moved on to become a star with the help of my dancing skills.

— Mithun Chakraborty

My career as an actor started when I was six years old, taking dancing lessons. Then I started getting paid jobs to dance at the age of seven.

— Sid Haig

I didn't even dance at my high school prom, and I have turned down so many movie roles because I didn't know how to dance.

— Romeo Miller

I started dancing when I was four years old and then was in class until I was about 20 years old or so, and then primarily was dancing just in shows that I was doing, but not really studying and training.

— Sutton Foster

I actually started acting because I couldn't dance.

— Lindsay Wagner

✗Opposing Perspectives

I've never really done acting before, 'cause dancing was my first love. And then, I sort of fell into it from a talent competition and never really looked back.

— Maisie Williams

I always was drawn to the performing arts. I started dancing when I was two. I sang, loved to act, and loved going to visit my mom on-set. But she wanted me to have a normal childhood, so I wasn't really allowed to pursue acting till I got older.

— Rainey Qualley

I actually got started in acting when I was in pre-school. I was really into dance and performing, so my mom had me in dance classes, and then I got involved in a local theater company.

— Fiona Gubelmann

I was always going to be a dancer - I drifted into acting.

— Francesca Annis