Skating is now retro and hip.

Production was what I always wanted to do, even when I was skating. I'm a bit of a sponge. When I was going around competing I was always asking, 'What does that light do?' If you want to be successful, you have to understand what people are doing around you.

Ice dance should not be seen as a rigid conformist form of figure skating. There is a great deal of freedom and originality to be had.

I wanted to be Gene Kelly. Well really, I just wanted to dance with Cyd Charisse.

I have always wanted to be on Broadway, whether on ice or on the boards.

The quality of what he does is streets ahead of what everybody else is doing -- across the board with his footwork, spins and jumps.