No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
I have been very lucky to work in so many new ballets, but that is what a dancer's work is. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
No one is born a dancer. You have to want it more than anything. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
What do dancers think of Fred Astaire? It's no secret. We hate him. He gives us a complex because he's too perfect.… — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
You see, dancers are quite mature people because they start performing so early. They become professionals when they start to take everyday… — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
You cannot dance physically certain things. But look at tango dancers or flamenco or Japanese classical theater. You can, if you're smart… — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
You open a section of 'The New York Times,' and there's a review or a story on a choreographer or a dancer,… — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
The body cannot lie. You cannot be somebody else onstage, no matter how good of an actor or dancer or singer you… — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
When a dancer comes onstage, he is not just a blank slate that the choreographer has written on. Behind him he has… — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
I want to do exactly what I want to do. I'd rather gamble on the box office than beg for a grant. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share
I always had a kind of strange relationship with New York City, with total love affair in the beginning then retreat during the kind… — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share
I like the most provocative and most surprising partnerships on stage. Intensity and surprise. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share
When a body moves, it's the most revealing thing. Dance for me a minute, and I'll tell you who you are. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share
If your only dance experience is the Nutcracker, it will be a shock; hopefully shocking in a good way. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share
I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to to dance better than myself. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share
