Mikhail Baryshnikov Quotes

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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• 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.

  

  Mikhail Baryshnikov
  • People
  • Careers
  • Exciting