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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.

A lot of professional dancers become professional when they turn 15 or 16 years old, when they're still children. So you've trained every single waking moment up until that point for a career that could maybe only last 10 years, maybe longer if your body holds up, if your injuries are kept at bay.

Certainly the life of a dancer is very difficult. The training is very hard and relentlessly grueling.

I know that dancers, especially ballet dancers, can't do it forever.

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 all about repetition.

You are an athlete if you are a dancer.

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

But you do have to start young as a dancer if you're going to achieve the physical skills necessary.

The challenge is maintaining your interest over a long career, as opposed to pushing hard with no longevity. I'm surprised that I've been able to dance as long as I have.