Darcey Bussell Quotes
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This perception that we can be stars without any work and just appear is rubbish.
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We only open a couple of presents on Christmas morning; we're all about the stockings - we even get them for the dogs!
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I absolutely loved learning how to do stage make-up at 16: it was so interesting to learn all about what you can do with make-up, such as contouring or shadowing eyes. We had a lot of fun.
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Fonteyn was our first proper British ballerina, and from the moment I started dancing, her image engulfed me. In my first year at the Royal Ballet School, Margot's statue was outside my dormitory. Like generations of budding ballet dancers before me, I used to touch her middle finger for luck.
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When I was at the Royal Ballet School, I remember receiving my first eyeshadow palette from Marks & Spencer as a gift. It sparked my interest in beauty, which peaked when I became more involved in theatre and got to experience so many stunning image transformations to suit different productions.
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I used to wear long jumpers, but they made me look like a bag tied up in the middle.
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I'm not a big cook at all, but anything easy and quick, like pasta, I'm up to. My husband cooks for me because he finds cooking relaxing.
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If I'm dehydrated, my muscles feel almost squeaky.
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Ballet is a healthy world despite what people might think. There's a perception that ballet dancers are skinny and unhealthy, but that's rubbish. You have to be strong, so eating regularly and healthily is essential.
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My 'new' knee now feels like a bionic knee compared with my old one.
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I was incredibly supple and did gymnastics as well. So half of my injuries are because I am over-supple and the joints could always go that little bit further. But I was happy to push, and I have no regrets. That is important to say.
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Being a ballerina can be a very unnatural life, especially after you've had children.
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I loved gymnastics, and my gymnastics teacher said ballet was essential to help my dance routines in competitions. I only really went because my friends were going as well. It wasn't this kind of hidden love. Then, slowly, my friends stopped going and I thought, 'I like this. I am going to stay.'
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I do feel blessed to have small ears - I've never felt self-conscious when my hair is swept back. My feet are a different story - I grew up being painfully aware of them because they are so long.
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Diets don't come into it. You need variety and to have a good source of greens, protein, and nutrition. It is about health rather than looking right.
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Ever since I've given up dancing, every physiotherapist or Pilates teacher has said you have to keep moving. If I don't, I'll have a hundred times more injuries because you get weak areas on your body.
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I never imagined I'd be a presenter on television, but I'm happy to put myself out of my comfort zone.
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Life is short, so go for things you enjoy.
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As a little girl, I didn't dream of being a ballet dancer; I dreamt of being a movie star like Ginger Rogers and dancing with Fred Astaire. I used to watch the Sunday double-bills on TV and Iong to be part of what seemed a perfect Disneyland world. Astaire was a genius.
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My husband is Australian, and my family is scattered around the U.K. and France mostly, but we try to get a big group together for the holidays.
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Dance is a great way to express yourself.
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I worked very hard to be a diva. But it never worked.
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You don't just become a success overnight.
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We always want what we don't have, and I'd like a long, sophisticated nose rather than a short, turned-up one.