I was pretty rubbish when I first started dancing. I didn't understand the discipline of working on one step over and over again. If you look at it from the outside, you'd think, 'Why would anybody want to do that?'… — Darcey Bussell Copy Share Image
Ballet requires movements which are very unnatural. With every step, you do a circular movement of the hip. You turn out from the hip and make your knees point out to the side instead of forward. — Darcey Bussell Copy Share Image
Being a full-time mother is one of the biggest jobs in the world; it's like another career for me. I love every moment of… — Darcey Bussell Copy Share Image
We always want what we don't have, and I'd like a long, sophisticated nose rather than a short, turned-up one. — Darcey Bussell Copy Share Image
I used to wear long jumpers, but they made me look like a bag tied up in the middle. — Darcey Bussell Copy Share Image
Dancers are working their bodies just like a marathon runner would, and you have to eat to make it through a three-hour performance. Dancers… — Darcey Bussell Copy Share Image
The best thing is to lie in a warm Epsom salts bath for 15 minutes and then go straight to bed. You will sleep… — Darcey Bussell Copy Share Image
I wanted to inspire every little girl who wants to be a dancer to fire their imagination about the joys of being on the… — Darcey Bussell Copy Share Image
Now I'm on television, I'm far more conscious of my skin than I used to be - I would often leave the theatre with… — Darcey Bussell Copy Share Image
The orthopaedic surgeon said that if ever I had hip or groin pain, I should rest until the pain went. However, resting is not… — Darcey Bussell Copy Share Image
If I start something, I have to finish it. I know that's annoying - it drives my husband mad - but even if something's… — Darcey Bussell Copy Share Image
