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When a body moves, it's the most revealing thing. Dance for me a minute, and I'll tell you who you are.
Mikhail Baryshnikov
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Mikhail Baryshnikov
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: January 27
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Film Actor
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Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov
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I get speeding ticket like everybody else. If the restaurant is full I'm waiting in line like everybody else.
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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 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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I adored my mother, and I will always have extraordinary memories about her and remember her, and she opened the doors for me to appreciate arts.
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Every ballet, whether or not successful artistically or with the public, has given me something important.
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To walk across the street is a risk.
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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 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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