Ballet Quote by Lucy Boynton

I was always told by my ballet teachers that I was their actress because I was very performative in my roles. I wasn't getting…

— Lily Gladstone

My first drag role was the character Widow Simone in the ballet 'La Fille Mal Gardee.' She's a crazy social climbing woman trying to…

— Jinkx Monsoon

There were many good actresses in my time like Jane Powell and Debbie Reynolds, but I was the only dancer.

— Leslie Caron

I endured quite a few injuries when I was younger and had my first surgery on my foot when I was 15. But I…

— Alicia Vikander

I took ballet dancing forever, and there was a natural transition into acting.

— Judy Greer

I started as a hoofer and all-round chorus girl. I did my first ballet lesson when I was three, then trained as a dancer…

— Caroline Quentin

I was probably around 14 or 15 when I became really conscious of those girls who were going on to the Royal Ballet school,…

— Arlene Phillips

In the Thirties, when I was in New York, I did the first surrealistic ballet in a show of mine.

— Vincente Minnelli

I remember vividly seeing 'Tarzan' and Fred Astaire, the Chaplin films, Fred Astaire musicals, MGM, because of my mother. She was just interested in…

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

I was a professional ballerina. After becoming an actress, I did a lot of theater, which included musical theater. The first musical play I…

— Juliet Landau

I did ballet, tap and modern dance - I loved Janet Jackson with a passion - and I was good enough to star in…

— Denise Lewis

I really enjoyed watching a ballerina named Denise Dabrowski who used to dance at California Ballet. She was a beautiful ballerina and role model…

— Justin Peck