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I'm obviously always interested in the dancer who's an athlete and vice versa. I expect dancers to be in condition like an athlete is and to challenge themselves in the same way, to the same physical degree.

I heard a lot in school, 'You've got a really great talent, but there's no way you're going to be a dancer with that body.'

A dancer's life is hard - it is so physically demanding, and at any moment, you could have an injury that could end your career.

I am not a natural dancer.

I didn't want to be a dancer. I just did it to work my way through college. But I was always an athlete and gymnast, so it came naturally.

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

But I like to think an athlete is an athlete.

I always considered myself a dancer before anything else.

Little did I know that there's nothing more competitive in the world than a professional ballroom dancer. They are as competitive as Olympic athletes.