It'd be very difficult to cast me as a ballet dancer. Everybody is, in some sense, controlled by their size and their gender. I'm not going to be allowed to play the part that Denzel Washington plays.
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I actually wanted to be an exotic dancer, but that didn't work out so I thought I'd take on acting.
I've been a ballerina since I was two, but I've always wanted to be an actress.
I've got no plans to be a ballet dancer at the moment.
You're being cast for your acting ability. It's not based on the way your body functions. If you're playing a lead in a movie, it's for that character and they'll tailor it to you. In a dance company, you have to fit in a definite mold.
The real American type can never be a ballet dancer. The legs are too long, the body too supple and the spirit too free for this school of affected grace and toe walking.
I would like to continue acting. But also - if this is a dream world where everything could become true - I'd want to be a ballerina.
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.'
I think it'd be the coolest thing if I could get a role in a dance movie. That's something I'm always going to love.
I've never danced professionally as a ballet dancer, but all of my training is ballet, and I am a Fosse dancer.
I wanted to be a male ballet dancer.
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