There is no place at the top in Hollywood for a dancer who…

I've been told if you're an actress you can't sing, if you're a dancer you can't act, you can't do theatre and be respected…

— Martine McCutcheon

The ocean-bordered southern part of California has always been a place of Hollywood make-believe, casual opulence, suntans and jewelry.

— Dan Jenkins

As a theater actor I always wondered, 'Is there a place for me in Hollywood?

— Maggie Siff

I hated the place (Hollywood), not the work, but the lack of privacy, those terrible prying fan magazine writers and all the surrounding exploitation.

— Jean Arthur

I think if you are going to be a singer, you should sing. If you are going to be a dancer, you should dance.…

— Kesha

Because I was a dancer, I started going to auditions for musical theater, which forced me to sing.

— Madonna Ciccone

There's not the choice of eligible males in Hollywood that you have in other places.

— Vera-Ellen

I am not the first straight dancer or the last.

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

I have always wanted to tell stories. Even as a classical dancer, I revel in telling stories through my dance.

— Sobhita Dhulipala

There's no thinking involved in my choreography... I don't work through images or ideas. I work through the body... If the dancer dances, which…

— Merce Cunningham

To chase the glowing hours with flying feet.

— Lord Byron

I'm a horrible dancer, but I wanted to record songs that made me want to dance.

— Chris Lane

I'm not a dancer. Never took a dance class.

— Chrishell Stause

If you dance, you dance because you have to. Every dancer hurts, you know.

— Katherine Dunham

I think it's useful to experience other types of dance and other cultures, and the life of a classical dancer these days is certainly…

— Deborah Bull