You cannot be happy with your family while being personally unhappy with your work. It's a Catch-22 kind of thing. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
I know when I am on stage and I'm kind of on the right track - hopefully most of the time. But… — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
Film, theater and television always kind of scared me. I don't ever seriously think of myself as an actor at all, and… — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
He is a male butterfly without the wings - the same kind of grace of a very young horse, so angular. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
I kind of lost interest in the classical dance. I was very much interested in the modern choreography. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
I want to see people dance, and I would like to guess what kind of people they are. I don't want to… — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
A theater is such a revealing form of art, such a transparent and good actors, they're such powerful individuals. I always kind… — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
I really reject that kind of comparison that says, Oh, he is the best. This is the second best. There is no… — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
My father was a Party member and he was a pretty high rank military officer under the colonel, junior colonel, I don't… — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
I fell in love with New York. It was like every human being, like any relationship. When I was a young New… — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
I was very restless. I really wanted to be a part of a kind of a progressive society. I was fed up… — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
I cannot draw to save my life, and I'm not a big art scholar, but I worked with many designers throughout my… — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
I always had a kind of strange relationship with New York City, with total love affair in the beginning then retreat during… — 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
