I didn't know if I could act, but I knew I could be a great ballet dancer, and Balanchine put out the carpet for me.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When I was a dancer, I was acting.
I have always wanted to act ever since I was a little girl. I would put a blanket under my shirt and pretend that I was pregnant. Then, I would go through childbirth.
I learned to walk on my own legs, to dive so deeply into a role to forget that I'm acting.
I took ballet dancing forever, and there was a natural transition into acting.
I had been a ballet dancer and never could make a living, and just being so excited that I got to, all of a sudden, live as an actor.
Acting is a sense of wonder and magic and mystery for me and when life takes me on a new journey, I simply remember the smile my first ballet recital put on my face and I move forward.
I always wanted to act.
I always wanted to act, but I never thought it would be my profession. I thought that I'd end up doing other things, but that in the meantime I'd do plays.
I always knew I would act. It was just a matter of time.
I actually started acting because I couldn't dance.