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" I want to do exactly what I want to do. I'd rather gamble on the box office than beg for a grant. "

Mikhail Baryshnikov

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" The body cannot lie. You cannot be somebody else onstage, no matter how good of an actor or dancer or singer you are. When you open your arms, move your finger, the audience knows who you are, you know. "

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" Nothing is ever too expensive if it furthers the repertoire and artistic standards of a dance company. "

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" Dances have a second and third life. You feel they are never ready. They always have a chance for another life. "

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" I am a performer. I go on stage and make a fool of myself. "

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" You see, dancers are quite mature people because they start performing so early. They become professionals when they start to take everyday classes. "

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" When I see people on the street, I look at how they walk. It's like a signature, a fingerprint. "

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" A country like Belgium, or socialist countries in central Europe spend more money on art education than the United States, which is a really puzzling thought. "

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" I don't go to a gym, I don't do yoga. I don't do personal training. "

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" I kind of lost interest in the classical dance. I was very much interested in the modern choreography. "

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" Film, theater and television always kind of scared me. I don't ever seriously think of myself as an actor at all, and I don't plan any film career or television career. "

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" People of art should never get married and have children, because it's a selfish experience. "

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" Choreographers use me as the old guy who still dances. Not that I put on white tights. "

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" Creative Artists Agency put together a project of extraordinary mediocrity and colossal stupidity. Otherwise, it was great. "

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" I am not trying to do material which I cannot do full out. "

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" I have some Russian friends. But probably only 10 percent. I don't hang out usually in the big Russian communities in Brooklyn and New Jersey. "

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" When a body moves, it's the most revealing thing. Dance for me a minute, and I'll tell you who you are. "

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" I read Russian literature a lot. "

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" No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business. "

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" Dance is one of the most revealing art forms. "

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" I am teaching more. That is what I do best. "

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" I get speeding ticket like everybody else. If the restaurant is full I'm waiting in line like everybody else. "

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" I go a lot to see young people downtown in little theaters. It's great. If you start somebody's career, it's so exciting. "

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" When I'm alone, I work sometimes with music, sometimes without and sometimes just listening to NPR. "

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" I was not extremely patriotic about Mother Russia. I played their game, pretending. You have to deal with, you know, party people, KGB. Horrifying. "

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" I feel very uneasy with a lot of aspects of the Russian life and the Russian people. "

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" To walk across the street is a risk. "

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" The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure. "

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" I miss horribly those couple of hours before the performance when you get into the theater and you see people. "

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