I am dancing all the time. Every gesture, the body line of every pose, the way I get from place to place, the movement in the acting - none of it would be the way it is if I weren't a dancer.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I started out as a dancer as a kid; I've been dancing since I was 4. So performing was always part of what I was.
I love dancing, and I always have.
I've always danced. I've always been around it.
I only dance when I go out.
Of course I danced a lot when I was making 'Swingers.' The swing music scene was big in Hollywood, and I went to places like The Derby. And, after I wrote it and was trying to get it made, I would go every week so I'd be good at dancing.
When I was dancing, whether it was the music or the story, the question was 'Why am I doing this piece, and why am I dancing?' It is exactly the same when you are acting. You have a very close relationship with your body movement. You have to find the physicality of your character.
I wouldn't call myself a dancer. I would never even dance in a club - I can't move my feet! I'm terribly shy about moving. I feel comfortable in my body, but dancing is like learning another language.
I don't think of myself as a dancer. I think of myself as a singer-actress who moves really well.
I'm not a great dancer. I know I'm not. But I know that I can move. I can throw shapes, just not in the right order.
I like to dance, but I'm not a dancer.