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• ‟ I was afraid when I came to the Royal Ballet that it would be easy to have everyone walking all over me if I didn't stick up for myself.

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• ‟ My mother really pushed me when I was young. I didn't want to go to dance classes, but for some reason, when I was there, I didn't want to come back.

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• ‟ A performance is like a boat. You really want it to arrive at port. So when something goes wrong and it doesn't get there, that touches me a lot.

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• ‟ I'm not a social animal, and I had a reputation that came before me of being very difficult, of screaming at everybody, so people tended to keep their distance.

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• ‟ I do not want an animal to die for me.

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• ‟ I am not nice. That has gotten me into a lot of trouble.

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• ‟ There's a picture of me as a little girl, and I'm waiting to go onstage, and I am biting the last bit of nail I have left on my finger.

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• ‟ At the Paris Opera Ballet, they were always making choices for me.

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• ‟ Some choreographers have been cautious about working with me.

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• ‟ I am only interested in being famous for my dancing. For me, the concept of the sacred monster is only about the stage - it is not about image.

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• ‟ It is strange: I love to be in front of the audience, but I have this opposite side that is afraid of meeting people, that doesn't want to talk. I feel it's like having a little hard stone inside me of problems, doubts, and shyness.

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• ‟ It's true I have a side of me that isn't very adult. I can get very emotional about things. I can become crazy, act the clown.

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• ‟ Things that make me angry and sad, I cannot hide. It's not because I want to be a rebel; it's my instinct. When something touches me deeply, I really have to react.

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• ‟ My reputation precedes me all the time, but I'm not the monster people think I am.

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• ‟ As a professional ballet dancer, I have to accept that weekends are about work. The notion of a leisurely break with all the buzz and excitement of a Friday night simply doesn't exist for me.

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