Top 85 Quotes & Sayings by Abby Lee Miller
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American dancer Abby Lee Miller.
Last updated on September 17, 2024.
I'm an only child.
I was always interested in choreography - in making people think and feel something.
When I tell a child something the first time, I'm nice. The 15th time, I start to get aggravated.
I made lots of mistakes - the number one mistake being trusting other people with my money.
My wheelchair is like the Cadillac of wheelchairs; it goes up and down and back, and I can lay down in it.
Everybody wants to be me. What can I say?
If a whole bunch of people want to make your life a living hell, they're gonna do it.
I always thought I would die of cancer because my mom and my dad both died of cancer. My dad died of osteocancer, and my mom died of colon cancer.
If I could have worked from the time I was born until I was 18 and never had to work again, I would have done it.
If your mom cries a lot, you probably cry a lot. It's what you learn.
The rules are there for a reason.
I saw 'Magic Mike,' and I thought it was great.
I've been invited to do 'Dancing With the Stars' three times, but Lifetime said no.
I've taken so many kids out of Pittsburgh and onto the great white way in New York City right into a Broadway show.
I like to work.
I don't want flowers or candy or anything like that. I just want somebody to say, 'Wow, you've done a great job.'
When you're so busy shooting 12 hours a day, you just eat what someone sticks in front of you.
I'm not a bad person.
I have a little bit of PTSD when I hear a big bang or a loud noise or keys - I jump out of my skin.
I don't want a brat on my team.
I made bad decisions. I'm not denying that I made bad decisions.
My mother taught children to love to dance.
If you want someone to say, 'She's so sweet, and she's so cute, and, honey, point your foot,' that's not my school. You can go to the YMCA and have a nobody teach your kid if that's what you want to hear.
I have no problem yelling at anybody's kid - free of charge!
It takes me about two hours to run into Target. People always want a picture. They hem and haw, and they can't spit the words out, so they waste about five minutes of my time just standing there getting ready for a picture. Just do it!
Cry if you have a compound fracture, by all means. Or if your grandpa died. But otherwise, save it for your pillow.
I was told that someone on Facebook said something 'horrible' about me. Who cares? At least they're watching the show.
I'm not talent. Not considered 'talent' by Lifetime. I'd like to say I'm their savior, but that would be cocky.
I had a PET scan, and it was cleared. Not one cell of cancer after three rounds of chemo. But I still had seven more just for safety, which was stupid. I should have just worked on therapy.
I create stars.
I can make something magical and wonderful out of nothing.
I hate what I look like on TV, and I want to look better, and nothing makes the mothers more jealous.
I was raised to be independent.
I don't like people going behind my back.
Don't hire a prison consultant.
I declared bankruptcy, and that was the worst thing I ever should have done.
I have dreams, and I want to see them come to fruition.
When you walk into my classroom, I'm going to give it to you straight, just like in the real world, because that's the only way to prepare you for the real world.
I've always put everybody else's child first before my own health, before my own outfit, before my own time frame.
I've been talked about by a lot better people than the general public.
According to Lifetime, I don't know anything about TV.
Like it or not, there are a lot of dance teachers in this country who respect me, whether they personally like me or not.
I think any activity you have your kids in, you're all trying to live vicariously through them. And you're jealous of the kid that's naturally more talented or has the facility, the body, the genes, or the God-given talent. People get jealous of that.
I'm a good teacher and am great at observation and picking out what's wrong and fixing it.
I have good days and bad days.
People don't realise how difficult it is to work with people day in and day out that know absolutely nothing.
You don't need a lot of credentials to be prison guard in a federal prison. And, you know, you give them a set of keys and a weapon, and they're in power.
TV's a big deal in prison. A big deal. People watch it nonstop.
I don't think I get that upset over things.
I have spent so much time and so much energy making other people's children stars.
My name is not unfamiliar to anybody in the dance community. I'm talking the upper echelon of dance studios.
Britney Spears was an incredible dancer. That kid was amazing.
Dancers are always striving for perfection. A great dancer never achieves it: you always want to do another turn, a higher jump,a more difficult acrobatic jump.
I want to be an executive producer.
I rely on other people every day of my life.
Do your job. Do it the best you can. Do it right, because somebody, sometimes your best friend, is waiting for you to screw up so she can take your place.
You always have to remember that if you say something negative, it's going to come back to haunt you.
I've been in continuing education programs since taking my dance master's exam at age 21.
I have spent the greater part of my life in a hotel room with seven or eight kids, looking after everyone, sorting out fights, wiping noses, handing out towels, not having a clean towel left for me.
I like to choreograph and create and design the costumes and do it all and then step back and watch it and then move on to the next project.
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