Ballet Quote by Mary Helen Bowers

I went to an all-boys school, where I played rugby, so ballet wasn't the coolest thing to do.

— Tom Holland

I didn't go to normal high school, I went to full-time ballet school, so I led very regimented, disciplined years. The classes we took,…

— Emilie De Ravin

I was sent to ballet classes when I was a little girl. I wasn't very good, but it's that thing where little girls always…

— Cat Deeley

I never really loved school through junior high, but then I started running track my freshman year, and I was just like, 'Wow, this…

— Regina King

My family didn't have very much money, so ballet wasn't even on my radar; I just found it randomly when I was 13 at…

— Misty Copeland

I had some ballet training but didn't like it. It was like a game to me.

— Fred Astaire

I did ballet when I was a kid.

— Camille Rowe

I went to Westside School of Ballet in L.A. and I was climbing through the ranks. Then I got to pointe shoes and I…

— Helene Yorke

Ballet was just something that I always wanted to do.

— Mary Helen Bowers

Dancing is a tough career, but I'm glad I spent it at the Royal Ballet.

— Deborah Bull

I didn't cheer in high school. I was the farthest thing from a cheerleader in high school. We made fun of cheerleaders. Everybody did!

— Sarah Roemer

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