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I have ballet class every other day for two hours. And for 'Six Feet Under', last week there was a sequence where I had to do a whole choreographed dance number, so I had four hours of dance practice every day.

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.

I've danced since I was 5 and went to the School of American Ballet at Lincoln Center at 7.

My family didn't have very much money, so ballet wasn't even on my radar; I just found it randomly when I was 13 at a Boys & Girls Club. We were practicing in a basketball court in gym clothes with some old socks on. Even though it terrified me at first, I found that I really liked it.

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.

I still dance, probably three times a week, unless I'm working on a crazy job, and then I just don't have any free time at all.

My mum took me to the ballet at three, and that was the only time I sat still, with jaw open, mesmerised. She brought me home, and I wouldn't stop dancing.

I've been dancing since I was 6 years old. That kind of relentless dedication and intensity is where I'm comfortable.

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

I didn't care how much work it would take, and I didn't see the time invested as a waste or like I was missing out on anything. Ballet became my ultimate passion.