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Although I don't gamble in life - I've never played poker - I do gamble on stage. I gamble with myself: 'Can I do this?'
Mikhail Baryshnikov
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Mikhail Baryshnikov
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: January 27
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Ballet Dancer
Ballet Master
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Film Actor
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Rīga
Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov
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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 think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for young people.
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When I see people on the street, I look at how they walk. It's like a signature, a fingerprint.
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Fundamentals are the building blocks of fun.
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Nobody is born a dancer.
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I kind of lost interest in the classical dance. I was very much interested in the modern choreography.
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In the second part of life you get rid of stuff you've accumulated.
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I was never like, collect, collect, like people who go to auctions. I never spent a serious amount of time because I don't have any time!
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I have some Russian friends. But probably only 10 percent. I don't hang out usually in the big Russian communities in Brooklyn and New Jersey.
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