I wanted to do dance with the same seriousness as art was done and acknowledged, not with the entertainment factor that is always connected to theater and film.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think if I hadn't had the dance background, it would have been much harder as a kid to be like, 'I'm going to be an actress.' But you're involved with one area of the arts and other things interest you. It feels like an easier move.
I became disillusioned with dance when I was 16 and started focusing on acting.
Dance and theatre afforded me the opportunity to discover my passion for acting, for telling stories.
I actually started acting because I couldn't dance.
Dance and I are synonymous, and nobody can take away dance from my life. Also, I cannot look at dance in an inert way; it's my passion, and I get keen on being part of any show or film that has dance!
Doing a musical is not just acting. It's total theater. When you have to justify the enormous projection of energy it takes to just go into song and dance, you realized why it's such a humbling experience every time you go into a show.
I took ballet dancing forever, and there was a natural transition into acting.
The best thing about working on a movie with dancers is that we would get to have dance parties all the time!
So dancing was not something I had a great desire to do.
I wanted to do new things with dance, adapt it to the motion picture medium.