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" I am a performer. I go on stage and make a fool of myself. "
Mikhail Baryshnikov
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Stage
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" I remember vividly seeing 'Tarzan' and Fred Astaire, the Chaplin films, Fred Astaire musicals, MGM, because of my mother. She was just interested in everything and she took me to opera and ballet, and then ballet got me hooked. "
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