I have been very lucky to work in so many new ballets, but that is what a dancer's work is.

No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business.

You open a section of 'The New York Times,' and there's a review or a story on a choreographer or a dancer, and there's an informative, clear image of a dancer. This is, in my view, not an interesting photograph.

I fell in love with New York. It was like every human being, like any relationship. When I was a young New Yorker, it was one city. When I was a grown man, it was another city. I worked with many dance organizations and many wonderful people.

I'm an impatient person in many respects. I like to put myself in uncomfortable situations. It forces me to deliver.

The body cannot lie. You cannot be somebody else onstage, no matter how good of an actor or dancer or singer you are. When you open your arms, move your finger, the audience knows who you are, you know.