Always Quote by Darcey Bussell

In ballet, I felt that no matter how good I was, if I didn't have the right body type or if I didn't fit…

— Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Ballet became this escape for me. I feel like I was on my own a lot. I was searching for stability, so I was…

— Misty Copeland

Ballet was this thing that just felt so innate in me, like I was meant to be doing this.

— Misty Copeland

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

— Zoe Saldana

I was very serious about ballet until the age of 12, at which point my body changed, and it wasn't quite right.

— Greta Gerwig

I know that I'll forever be involved in ballet. This is where my life was meant to be, and I don't see myself straying…

— Misty Copeland

Ballet really taught me so much about the power of movement.

— Karlie Kloss

There was a period of time when I studied ballet a lot when I was growing up.

— India Eisley

Ballet was just something that I always wanted to do.

— Mary Helen Bowers

I did ballet when I was a kid.

— Camille Rowe

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

I gave up ballet when I was four because I was so shy.

— Emma Weymouth