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Acting is not my language at all.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

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Mikhail Baryshnikov
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: January 27
Actor
Ballet Dancer
Ballet Master
Choreographer
Dancer
Film Actor
Performing Artist
Television Actor
Rīga
Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov
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What people will do to get away from boredom!
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I am teaching more. That is what I do best.
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I would like to go and dance in Palestine one day, with great pleasure, great pleasure.
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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 cannot stand authority.
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Creative Artists Agency put together a project of extraordinary mediocrity and colossal stupidity. Otherwise, it was great.
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When I'm alone, I work sometimes with music, sometimes without and sometimes just listening to NPR.
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Now there is in a way a renaissance of modern dance - suddenly, it is more respected and discovered.
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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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