Ballet Quote by Chita Rivera

I was always given the comedy role, even in the ballet. I was the one who fell off her points, you know? I love…

— June Whitfield

I didn't care too much for ballet, because you had to be more disciplined, and you sort of looked like everyone else. It required…

— Suzanne Farrell

Ballet was just something that I always wanted to do.

— Mary Helen Bowers

The simplest comment on my book came from my ballet teacher. She said, "I wish you hadn't made every line funny. It's so depressing."

— Quentin Crisp

I hated the ballet, but I liked performing. I did 20 shows, and I couldn't get the smile off my face.

— Ansel Elgort

The particular ballet was not so important as the fact that I was physically healthy, and capable of getting out there and dancing as…

— Suzanne Farrell

I've always been excited by the strangeness of ballet, but I can't bear it when people just come forward and do a turn in…

— Matthew Bourne

At least in my performances, the audience has become so diverse in a way that I don't think ballet has ever experienced.

— Misty Copeland

I had to quit ballet because it felt like a part of me was dying inside.

— Zoe Saldana

I liked the structure of ballet.

— Wendy Whelan

I would rather dance as a ballerina, though faultily, than as a flawless clown.

— Margaret Atwood

Ballet was so structured. I'd been craving something that could guide me.

— Misty Copeland