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In Europe, a great dancer might be on the same level as a movie star. In America, not so.

I don't think of myself as a dancer. I think of myself as a singer-actress who moves really well.

I truly believe the discipline I have honed as a dancer will bring me more opportunities as an actor.

I actually wanted to be an exotic dancer, but that didn't work out so I thought I'd take on acting.

I've been a ballerina since I was two, but I've always wanted to be an actress.

I was always a singer and a dancer, and I always wanted to be an actress. For me, it's all just one thing.

I was a professional dancer before I was an actor.

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

My dad is a director/producer and my mom is a dancer; she performed with Alvin Ailey, but I didn't even think about becoming an actress.

I'm not successful in Hollywood, and I probably would never be. I think Hollywood has such an interesting model for success, and it creates those successful people. I'm not in that chosen category, but what is successful for me is that, in spite of that, I've been able to work and do the things that I wrote down that I wanted to do and be.