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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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A country like Belgium, or socialist countries in central Europe spend more money on art education than the United States, which is a really puzzling thought.
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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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I would like to go and dance in Palestine one day, with great pleasure, great pleasure.
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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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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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I don't go to a gym, I don't do yoga. I don't do personal training.
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You cannot be happy with your family while being personally unhappy with your work. It's a Catch-22 kind of thing.
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I like to go to anybody else's birthday, and if I'm invited I'm a good guest. But I never celebrate my birthdays. I really don't care.
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I have been very lucky to work in so many new ballets, but that is what a dancer's work is.
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To walk across the street is a risk.
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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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I don't drink milk, and I don't eat bread, pasta or rice. But I eat a lot of meat, chicken, fish and salads.
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I think I got disappointed over the years about New York, about the States. You know, sometimes you go and visit Europe and see good old socialism in its good part! You see public concern about art, and young people's participation and young faces in the audience.
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The more injuries you get, the smarter you get.
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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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People of art should never get married and have children, because it's a selfish experience.
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It doesn't matter how high you lift your leg. The technique is about transparency, simplicity, making an earnest attempt.
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People dance at any age.
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