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I actually started acting because I couldn't dance.

I remember when I was a dancer and I had to do this performance and I was really nervous about it, and I happened at that moment to go see 'Flashdance.' I mean, it's silly, but I walked out of that movie going 'what a feeling!' I walked out with confidence.

I tried to dance in my earlier films, but it was more like struggling to stay afloat once you are thrown into the water.

When I was a dancer, I was acting.

Dancing was one of the hobbies my brother and I had when we were kids, and dance ended up being the one that stuck. I dropped everything else until that was what was left in the end.

In the beginning, I didn't dance that much and stuff.

So dancing was not something I had a great desire to do.

No movie influenced me more to go after my dreams than 'Flashdance.' After seeing it, I took 15 dance lessons a week. I cut all my sweatshirts. I did the 'Maniac' thing.

I was determined to dance. That's why I lasted so long.