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" The discipline as a dancer carried over into my life. "

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" I want to do the best and be the best at what I do. "

" Life is not all a bowl of cherries. There are days when you aren't going to feel up to par. And it's healthy to see it in yourself and to ask, 'Hey, what's going on?' "

" We are made up of multiple emotions. And it would be unnatural to completely eliminate even one or two or three of those. It's impossible. You'd become a robot if the emotions weren't there. "

" My love for dance was so strong. "

" Listen, if there's anything we need more of in this world, it's something that has a better ending or is more positive. "

" I find myself dancing in the grocery store. "

" I know I'm not supposed to talk about God and stuff, but my spiritual life is very strong, and I really feel that a big part of whatever success I'm having is due to that as well. "

" I used to watch, on television on Sunday nights, they had the Disney hour then and the castle coming up and 'When you wish upon a star... ' That was my very first Disney memory. "

" As a dancer, one of my many teachers along the way made the comment that who I was onstage and who I was off were two totally different people. "

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" In my heart, my first desire was to be a dancer. I always wanted to dance and I danced from the time I was 7 till I was well into my 30s. "

" I once prayed when struggling financially and worried how I was going to be able to assist my parents in their latter years living thousands of miles away, to help me win the lottery or something. And I did win the lottery, just in a different and better way. "

" We all have these emotions, but you never really want to own up to sadness. You want to bury it. "

" When I'm home, I go back to the same routine that I've had since I was a kid. "

" I just wanted Sadness to be true, to come from a real place. I tried to work from the inside out, going from my gut all the time. I didn't over-analyze it. I just did it. "

" My family in St. Louis brings me to my roots. "

" IMDB's not the most accurate. Even my birth place and my age are wrong there. "

" Even before 'The OA,' I was a very spiritual person. "

" When I hurt my knee, I knew it was time to retire from dancing, and I needed a job just to pay the bills, and I ended up as a receptionist for about three-four years. "

" I didn't want Sadness to be just one note. "

" I grew up when Disney was doing movies like Cinderella, and all the girls were princesses. "

" When I was little, my mom would dress me up and take me downtown on the Carondelet bus, which in itself was exciting. We would go to see Santa Claus at Famous-Barr. The decorations were so pretty. The line was long, but that just gave me more time to enjoy Santa's Toyland. I loved every minute of it. "

" One of the first places I was ever recognized after 'The Office' came out was at Target in Los Angeles. Someone came up to me, and she said, 'Are you Phyllis from 'The Office?'' We were in different aisles, but she had recognized my voice. "

" If I wasn't going to be able to dance professionally, I wasn't going to dance. That's my all-or nothing personality coming out. "

" Sadness is a necessary emotion. It's maybe not the most pleasant one to have, but it's cathartic. "

" I've just tried to be a responsible person and pay my bills. But whatever it is I do, I want to do the best I can. "

" For me, I want to find the truth in the word and the character and the line. "

" I know how difficult it is to get one job, much less an entirely new career. I'm very blessed and grateful. It's like I'm a normal person with an extraordinary journey. "

" Just go for it. Don't be afraid of trying new things. You have absolutely no idea what's going to present itself to you. Don't be frightened. Just buckle down and do whatever your heart desires. "

" I believe in angels. "

" I don't really think about being pigeonholed so much. "