I can't have friends in every port. I have to work very hard and be very clear about what I want to… — Sylvie Guillem Copy Share Image
Everything I do, I try to make it the best I can. So I go my own way and give it all… — Sylvie Guillem Copy Share Image
People thought I had no feelings, that I was hard. But really, I was extremely sensitive to everything. — Sylvie Guillem Copy Share Image
When you are young, you can do anything, everything, and nothing at the same time. You don't have that kind of judgment;… — Sylvie Guillem Copy Share Image
As a child, I was afraid of everything. My parents were shy, the kind of people for whom it is an ordeal… — Sylvie Guillem Copy Share Image
The best times are when the time on stage becomes much slower and the movement much bigger - in that case, everything… — Sylvie Guillem Copy Share Image
On stage, you can bring all those strong emotions that you don't have the opportunity to live. You don't want to die for love… — Sylvie Guillem Copy Share Image
Having limits to push against is how you find out what you can do. I have always been full of contradictions. I am shy… — Sylvie Guillem Copy Share Image
I can't have friends in every port. I have to work very hard and be very clear about what I want to do. I… — Sylvie Guillem Copy Share Image
Ballet is hard enough when you go with it; when you have to force your body to do things, it is so much harder. — Sylvie Guillem Copy Share Image
If you start dancing too young, it can be torture. The bone is too soft, and it is going everywhere. — Sylvie Guillem Copy Share Image
Dancers, you know, they have pain everywhere: ankles in the morning, or back or neck or ribs or knees or the muscles. You are… — Sylvie Guillem Copy Share Image
If you are afraid of losing something, then you are dependent on it. If you are not afraid, then you are free. — Sylvie Guillem Copy Share Image
'Romeo and Juliet,' 'Manon,' 'Giselle' - they are not stupid stories. They have fantastic characters. They have a big package of emotion. — Sylvie Guillem Copy Share Image
I loved being at the Royal Ballet. Those choreographers, MacMillan and Ashton, they knew how to translate complicated life into choreography. — Sylvie Guillem Copy Share Image
