With any kind of artistic thing, it's a muscle, like any athlete, and the moment you're not doing it, you lose all confidence. That's why I'm terrible with down time.
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As an athlete, confidence makes me more competitive and helps me perform better.
I was performing in this burlesque group, and we would go to dance rehearsals every day. You'd use every part of your body. Even though some of it is slow, it takes a lot of muscle to be able to dip down and come back up.
I explain to athletes, you're supposed to be a well-oiled machine. You're supposed to be in better shape than the people watching you. You're supposed to be an unbelievable specimen of a human being. You have to treat your body different while you're performing.
The imagination is a muscle. If it is not exercised, it atrophies.
When you're running around and playing, it's amazing ground for imagination, and that's really the biggest muscle you need for anything in the arts. I think it's probably the biggest training I've had.
But I'll tell you this: When I lose my athleticism, it's time to go.
Technique is what you fall back on when you run out of inspiration.
The problem with doing physically ambitious art is that to view it, you still have to be in your physical body.
Performing doesn't come that naturally to me, even though I've done it for years.
Being an athlete, you know how to train and prepare your body for a performance and you're able to do it under pressure.
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