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.

Dancers are stripped enough onstage. You don't have to know more about them than they've given you already.

Your body actually reminds you about your age and your injuries - the body has a stronger memory than your mind.

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

When a body moves, it's the most revealing thing. Dance for me a minute, and I'll tell you who you are.

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.