Mikhail Baryshnikov Quotes
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Soviet regime in a way deprived me from my childhood in my homeland, because my father was in military, and after the Yalta agreement he was sent to teach in military academy in Riga, and I was born then.
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He Astaire was not a sexual animal, but he made his partners look so extraordinarily related to him.
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A theater is such a revealing form of art, such a transparent and good actors, they're such powerful individuals. I always kind of dreamt that one day I will open my mouth on stage.
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I cannot stand authority.
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Fundamentals are the building blocks of fun.
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Nobody is born a dancer.
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People dance at any age.
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We're trying to stretch our muscles creatively. It gives us so much more freedom.
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I don't go to a gym, I don't do yoga. I don't do personal training.
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I was not extremely patriotic about Mother Russia. I played their game, pretending. You have to deal with, you know, party people, KGB. Horrifying.
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I am not the first straight dancer or the last.
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Creative Artists Agency put together a project of extraordinary mediocrity and colossal stupidity. Otherwise, it was great.
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What do dancers think of Fred Astaire? It's no secret. We hate him. He gives us a complex because he's too perfect. His perfection is an absurdity. It's too hard to face.
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Acting is not my language at all.
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When I'm alone, I work sometimes with music, sometimes without and sometimes just listening to NPR.
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Your body actually reminds you about your age and your injuries - the body has a stronger memory than your mind.
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I read Russian literature a lot.
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Be. Good. To yourself, to other people, to everything you do. It's a norm of life by which people should try to live. Don't waste time. Be interesting and interested.
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Working is living to me.
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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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You can be totally involved, you could admire just the shape of or you could be totally emotionally mushed up into the dance.
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To walk across the street is a risk.
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In '74 it was really a very gloomy atmosphere, I would say, to put it mildly.
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I - you know, I'm not an actor.