I like the most provocative and most surprising partnerships on stage. Intensity and surprise. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
I go a lot to see young people downtown in little theaters. It's great. If you start somebody's career, it's so exciting. — 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
Just sit and open your eyes and open your heart. It's dance theater. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
What brought me to the theater, no matter you're a Jew or a Russian or Armenian or Latvian, are suddenly illuminated by… — 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
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
I miss horribly those couple of hours before the performance when you get into the theater and you see people. — 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
I was always interested in photography and other forms of art. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
In the second part of life you get rid of stuff you've accumulated. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
No one is born a dancer. You have to want it more than anything. — 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 Image
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 Image
I like the most provocative and most surprising partnerships on stage. Intensity and surprise. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
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 Image