- Nov 07, 2020
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- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents sent me to a dance class, so it was a road chosen by them, not me. But I enjoyed it so much I knew I would become a performer.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's not that I wanted to be an actor; it's that I didn't want to be a dancer! I was trained in traditional Chinese dance, and after working so hard it seemed unfair to just disappear into a group.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you think about it, when you listen to music, music makes you cry. It makes you happy. It makes you dance. It makes you mad. Those are the same emotions that I experience when I feel the energy of a spirit when I'm contacting the spirit and communicating with it.
- Childhood
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father and his brothers and sisters were childhood Irish jig champions in the Bronx. At our family celebrations, they all get out and do the jig. And of course, the younger generation, me and my cousins and my brothers, we have our own Americanized renditions of the Irish jig, which is a bit more like 'Lord of the Dance.'
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's great if you're funny or if you can dance, but if you are kind and decent, it comes out your pores.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a strong dance background. I danced from age five until 18, and that helps a lot. Doing a fight routine is like doing a dance routine.
- Watching
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did have a lot of years watching and appreciating dance and theater and all of those kind of things, and it has informed the way that I work with actors and the way I approach things.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm pretty goofy. I really do like to sing and dance in real life. I'm a rhythmic person. I love comedy; I love making people laugh. That's my brand.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think hip-hop is really fun right now... and that's why people are using dance beats and singing more.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel that the year ahead for me will be full of two of my favorite things: dance and acting.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe honesty comes across in music because for people that music isn't just something to dance to. For people for whom music is something that they feel, they understand what I'm talking about.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started in dance classes when I was, like, seven years old. And the arts in general, it kept me not only off the street, I grew up in South Central Los Angeles, so it kept my mind focused. It kept me passionate about something. So I wasn't easily distracted.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel the ticking clock. And at times, I've said if I don't dance, I'd rather die.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
With dance and theatre, I think people get very nervous about not knowing the right things. They feel like they've missed something, or that they're not bright enough to watch it. It's not a test.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always been just as interested in making people think as I am in making them feel, and one of the things this scientific process allows me to do is make the audience look differently at dance.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Entity' is not about science. The process behind it may dictate the nature of the piece, but it's not like a dance about Einstein where I'm trying to convert his ideas into movement and communicate that to an audience.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
I hope Britney doesn't get bummed out that Lindsey is a better singer. It is not Lindsey saying it, it's me. Lindsey would never say that. She's an actress first. It's just a bonus that she can dance and sing.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Gene Kelly has meant so much to me through the years. I used to dance in my living room in socks and a tee-shirt, no idea what I was doing, but wanting to dance like Gene.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Between acting jobs, I'd go visit my hometown and college town to see family and friends. But I would also teach acting, dance, singing, and audition techniques in high schools and colleges. I take great pride in all the survival jobs I worked, because I learned so much from them.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Unfortunately, my dancing skills never came to the fore, as I got involved in acting on television, where an actor doesn't get too many opportunities to dance.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think my vocals demand effects. I like reverb to a certain extent, but I don't want to hide my voice. I like stripped-down vocals, but I also like crazy, powerful, doubled vocals like in dance or electronic music.
- Mood
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love rock music, dance music, so it depends on my mood. But I mainly listen to dance music before going out on court.
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to dance classes from 9 in the morning until 1, then to school from 3 to 10 at night, always under the threat that if I failed a single course I could forget about dancing.
- Nov 07, 2020
My first vocation was dance.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Clash is pretty much my favorite band, and their songs like 'Rock the Casbah' are political dance tracks.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I design a wedding dress with a bustle, it has to be one the bride can dance in. I love the idea that something is practical and still looks great.
- Boy
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's true that I went to dance classes as a young boy, and it did improve my feet, but I don't believe that it was solely dancing that helped my footwork.
- Born
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born in 1952 in Chidambaram, an ancient temple town in Tamil Nadu best known for its temple of Nataraja, the lord of dance.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to be performer; like, I used to dance at weddings. I felt acting was my calling, and that is something I wanted to do.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
There aren't always, especially in low-income communities, the arts and the dance and the drama and the things that can really show a kid, 'Look, even if I'm three years behind in math, there's something I'm good at that can help me be successful in life.'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since 'Shamshera' is set in a particular time, the dance sequences require me to have a very Indian, very classical body language, which is why I started taking kathak classes to learn the nuances and the grace.
- High
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had to wear very high heels and dance in 'Aashiq Banaya Apne,' and that's very difficult.
- Made
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a kid, we got in a cipher and battled each other lyrically. We told jokes and made the hottest dance moves.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in a bubble. I just watched TV. I thought that's what you were supposed to do in life: sing and dance and act.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of people insisted on a wall between modern dance and ballet. I'm beginning to think that walls are very unhealthy things.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not one who divides music, dance or art into various categories. Either something works, or it doesn't.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to go play football matches in the morning, and I'd go straight from me football game to a dance competition.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm the guy that stands out in all the crowds, so I don't get out there and dance, but I can dance.
- Choreograph
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got to choreograph a halftime dance with the cheerleading squad, which was all-female, at my high school. And I was the only boy, at the time. We did this whole routine to 'Maria Maria' by Santana, and 'Thong Song' by Sisqo - it was a mix.
- Mirror
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes, when I'm alone, I put on six inch heels and wear nothing else and dance around in front of the mirror and do my little stripper dance.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
With my family as my audience, I used to sing, dance, and reenact every scene from 'Grease,' 'Newsies' and 'Les Miserables' as many times as they would let me.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My years of ballet and jazz dance lessons didn't make me any more graceful - they just helped keep me from bumping into the furniture on stage.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dance Monkey' showed me that I'm good enough.
- Direction
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- Nov 07, 2020
The '60s was leather soles and a wooden floor. That's why the twist, the simplest dance, was such a sensation. Everyone could do it. They just swivel their feet and the upper body fell naturally in the opposite direction.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Start dancing immediately. Run to the closest dance studio, and study the style of dance of the music you love. If you love hip-hop music, go to a hip-hop class. If you love salsa, take a salsa class. It will become infectious and you'll keep going back.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
Blacks don't square dance. If you see a black person square dancing, it is definitely the seventh sign.
- Prayer
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are a lot of farmers and ranchers who are struggling. I get on my knees every day. If I had a rain prayer or a rain dance I could do, I would do it.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to put on a wig or a fake mustache and do something silly with friends, do a little dance.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm an old fashioned theater major at heart. I love to do a show, do something with friends; I'm kind of a nerd in that way. I like to put on a wig or a fake mustache and do something silly with friends, do a little dance.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was young, my mom realized I could dance and hold a beat, and I really danced just for fun. It was good exercise.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
Peter Parker can't dance. He can flip and climb up walls and do backflips, but he definitely can't dance.
- Child
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad and his brothers were involved in amateur dramatics. From an early age, I was dragged along to rehearsals when they couldn't get childcare. I was watching pensioners dance around in sweatpants, which was very traumatic for a young child.
- Inside
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think Christmas is about celebration and come on, on the inside everyone wants to dance.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's important for me to put out things that I think are good - I want to be a fan of my own stuff. I also want my live shows to be really awesome, and dance is such an important element for me and my performances.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Part of the reason I fell in love with dance so early was because of people like Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, and Britney Spears. When they would dance onstage and in their videos, that was huge for me. I lived for that.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dance has always just been an extension of music for me. It's about putting my music into motion. It's just another dimension that I tap into with my music that not many artists do anymore.
- Art
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to do dance with the same seriousness as art was done and acknowledged, not with the entertainment factor that is always connected to theater and film.
- Evening
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- Nov 07, 2020
Because of this high status of the object in our culture, something has to be a thing. Live efforts are almost marginal. I think dance, for example, is just as much a thing, and I want for it to have the same status. I don't want it to be the thing that comes in the evening and is, like, the happy music.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
When my kids were young, we used to go to a place called The Shrine of the Black Madonna in Houston. It was an African-American bookstore where they sold paintings, but they also had a room that was an all-purpose center. If you wanted to have a dance recital or anything that was related to the community activities, you could have it there.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
We always thought the Tom Tom Club could change to anything, but it acquired this image, which was cartoon animation and this real light-hearted dance music.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When entertainment was begun, during the Depression, it was supposed to take people's minds off reality. People could sing, dance, act or do anything. It was the type of entertainment that was available.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
My becoming an actor wasn't planned. My interest always lied in sports such as football, martial arts, gymnastics and dance.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Often, when you go to the movies or the theatre, you think, Jesus Christ, everybody is white. But my daughter goes to an amazing dance school called Ballet Black, and they have every colour: dark, white, mixed. It looks like the future to me.
- Became
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- Nov 07, 2020
I became disillusioned with dance when I was 16 and started focusing on acting.
- Career
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dance is a very disciplining career or hobby. I was disciplined at an early age.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love to go to the gym for a couple of hours daily. Besides, I love my dancing routines; dance helps me unwind, de-stress, and introspect.
- India
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I started off with 'Dance India Dance,' even the TV show people thought it won't be accepted. But with the talent that the show received, I was able to personally tutor dancers to amalgamate contemporary dance moves on Bollywood tracks.
- School
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I think of Bollywood dance, I think of choreographies from the '70s and '80s. That was true Bollywood, what is now known as old school Bollywood.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I attend dance class every alternate day, and it works like a cardio workout for me. I also do weight training in the gym every alternate day.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe that dance communicates man's deepest, highest and most truly spiritual thoughts and emotions far better than words, spoken or written.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
I guess I just wasn't meant to dance.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Latin people love to dance. Nothing is more powerful than a Latin man doing 'Mambo Number 5' by himself.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm not training day in and day out I love to go out and dance, even though it is potentially in my contract that I'm not allowed to do that.
- Pilates
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- Nov 07, 2020