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" In opera tradition, when opera die-hard fans, there is a replacement of singer or singer wasn't at his or hers vocal best, doing something, they boo. Especially now that they pay hundreds of dollars for the ticket. "

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Doing

Tradition

Singer

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

" I found that dance, music, and literature is how I made sense of the world... it pushed me to think of things bigger than life's daily routines... to think beyond what is immediate or convenient. "

" Your body actually reminds you about your age and your injuries - the body has a stronger memory than your mind. "

" We lived, until I was 12 or so, in communal apartment with five different families and the same kitchen, in two little - my brother and me and my parents. It was hell, but it was a common thing. My father was not general or admiral, but he was colonel. He was teaching in military academy military topography. "

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" I have the life of seven cats. "

" Soviet regime in a way deprived me from my childhood in my homeland, because my father was in military, and after the Yalta agreement he was sent to teach in military academy in Riga, and I was born then. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Myself

Think

" My life has been immensely enriched by gay mentors, colleagues and friends, and any discrimination and persecution of gay people is unacceptable. "

" I cannot stand authority. "

" I cannot belong to a nonprofit organization because when you receive grants, you have to make such great compromises with your artistic plans. "

" 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. "

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Got

Remember

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

Mikhail Baryshnikov

You

Minute

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

" It's what's left in life, to work with interesting people. "

" Nobody is born a dancer. "

" I was very restless. I really wanted to be a part of a kind of a progressive society. I was fed up with these Communist doctrines and you were hassled all the time with members of the Party committee who were KGB, what you have to do, where in the West you can go or not to go. "

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Time

Kind

" Dancers are made, not born. "

" Dancing is my obsession. My life. "

" People dance at any age. "

" Although I don't gamble in life - I've never played poker - I do gamble on stage. I gamble with myself: 'Can I do this?' "

" 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. "

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

" Dancers are stripped enough onstage. You don't have to know more about them than they've given you already. "

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

" I fell in love with New York. "

" I spend at least a couple hours a day in the studio, every day, whether I'm dancing or not. "

" I don't see in myself any perfection. "