Mikhail Baryshnikov Quotes

American - Dancer | January 27, 1948 -

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

Mikhail Baryshnikov

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Astaire was not a sexual animal, but he made his partners look so extraordinarily related to him.

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

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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 think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for young people.

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To achieve some depth in your field requires a lot of sacrifices. Want to or not, you're thinking about what you're doing in life-in my case, dancing.

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You cannot be happy with your family while being personally unhappy with your work. It's a Catch-22 kind of thing.

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Dancing is my obsession. My life.

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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.

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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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The Russian people get so insanely close to each other as friends. Their lives are interrelated so much on an everyday basis.

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I am not the first straight dancer or the last.

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