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I'm continuing the educational process of getting people to accept dance as music.

I have always had an ambition to do 'Dancing with the Stars.'

The thing about dancing - what it taught me all those years - is it gives you an amazing sense of discipline in forcing yourself to do things that you know are good for you but you don't really want to do.

I was kind of reflecting on my life and certain experiences, and you know, when I'm teaching and coaching my partners on 'Dancing With the Stars,' I sort of use those stories and anecdotes to help them sort of overcome certain fears.

I will do 'Dancing with the Stars' when my career dips.

'So You Think You Can Dance' comes on as a high-minded leap up the evolutionary ladder from other reality shows - on this one, you're supposed to learn something, and the guest judges are fellow dance professionals rather than actual celebrities.

And I just thought, this is what I want to be. And I knew that dancing would be my chosen profession.

Oh, I am not naturally gifted in dancing in any way! Stupidly, I didn't go to those classes in drama school. I was like, 'I don't need that; I'll never be dancing in anything.'

If I were trying to avoid embarrassment, I wouldn't have stumbled my way through 'Dancing with the Stars.'

What is the use in being a celebrity if you can't use the platform to help?