A Quote by Cyd Charisse

I was a dancer, not an actress.

Cyd Charisse

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Actress Dancer

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Cyd Charisse
American - Actress
March 8, 1921 - June 17, 2008

I consider myself an actress first, a dancer second, and a singer third. Why? Because the dancer needs a reason to move-that's the actor informing the dancer. So I worked on my acting and gradually developed a singing voice.

Liza Minnelli

I originally wanted to be a ballet dancer and trained for years, but when I was around 18, I realized I wasn't going to be as good a ballet dancer as I'd hoped I'd be and decided to become an actress instead.

Helen Baxendale

If I hadn't become an actress, I would be a dancer.

India Eisley

I never thought of myself as a Broadway actress. I'm not really a singer or a dancer.

Spencer Kayden

We are a very typical Spanish family - a bullfighter, an actress, a flamenco dancer and singer!

Paz Vega

I am a foodie at heart and dancer/actress by choice. For me, being fit is a priority.

Mouni Roy

I was a dancer before I was an actress, so I've always been someone who likes to communicate from my body and movement.

Caity Lotz

When I started out in this business, dance was not at the height it is now. It was almost like, you're either a dancer or an actress.

Jenna Dewan

Srideviji was a great human being, a fabulous dancer, a tremendous actress and above all, a wonderful mother.

Jaya Prada

I want to get past the Playboy image and really develop myself as an actress, a dancer and a singer.

Barbi Benton

Forget the dancer, the center of the ego. Become the dance. Then the dancer disappears and only the dance remains. Then the dancer is the dance. There is no dancer separate from dance, no dance separate from the dancer.

Rajneesh

My dad is a director/producer and my mom is a dancer; she performed with Alvin Ailey, but I didn't even think about becoming an actress.

Sanaa Lathan

I was always a singer and a dancer, and I always wanted to be an actress. For me, it's all just one thing.

Jennifer Lopez

For me, as an actress, being a dancer has helped me. I've done it with my feet bloody.

Elizabeth Berkley

A good dancer is not necessarily defined by great technique, skill, or ability to pick up choreography but by confidence. When you feel the music, it penetrates to your soul. Everybody's a dancer. The greatest dancer is someone who is willing to dance, not afraid.