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Mikhail Baryshnikov Quotes

I was always interested in photography and other forms of art.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: dancer
Nationality: american
Birth: January 27, 1948

Topics

Art Photography Always Interested

'Taxi Driver' was the best thing that ever happened to me, and I didn't become a weirdo and squawk like a chicken.

Best Me Chicken Become Taxi Driver

To me, we have never really exploited our ability in low-Earth orbit.

Me Never Ability Our Orbit Really

I don't wear pants, or like them; I'm a Jewish woman who's made the decision to wear skirts, so I wear mostly skirts past the knee.

Decision Woman Past Pants Jewish

History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.

Courage History Pain Need Lived

I try to use the attention that I get to help and to serve, and that's really what I'd see as my work - to serve my community, serve the planet, serve my family. And I think a celebrity is someone who draws the attention on themselves, and then it kind of stops there.

Work Family Community Think Help

Everyone has a right to say what they want, but what they have to say doesn't interest me.

Me Say Want Right Everyone Interest

Books are divided into two classes, the books of the hour and the books of all time.

Time Two Divided Books Hour Classes

Yes, I'm blonde. When I started as an actor, because of the accent and my body and my personality, it was not what the stereotype of the Latina woman in Hollywood is, so they didn't know where to put me. The blond hair wasn't matching. The moment I put my hair dark, it was better for my work.

Work Moment Personality Woman Hair

I was born in Budapest, Hungary, and moved to the United States in 1956. It was during the Hungarian Revolution when Russian tanks rolled into Budapest, and my family - me, my brother, and my parents - escaped over the border to Austria. We just took whatever we could carry. It was perilous, but we made it across.

Family Brother Parents Me Border

I wouldn't be young again even if it were possible, but I am not going to pretend that growing old is all sweetness and light.

Light I Am Growing Old Possible Old

You have only so many chances to tell stories. I didn't want to be forever wedded to one form of storytelling when there are so many out there.

You Want Storytelling Out Tell Only

We are potentially the most dangerous agency in the country.

Country Dangerous Agency Most

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