Sarah Hay Quotes

#1. I'm definitely happier dancing in Germany; in the U.S., there's a different level of competition. I find in general that I try to get my voice heard about protecting women. It comes from everything I've been through personally - I'm opinionated, and that doesn't make it that easy.

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#2. I have a lot of relatives that were dancers and musicians and artists. They basically came out of the womb doing it.

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#3. In the dance world, you have to have a certain muscular shape; you have to have long limbs and willowy shoulders. It's hard to have breasts.

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#4. I love to play a character. If I'm playing Cinderella or Aurora in 'Sleeping Beauty' or something like that, then I enjoy classical a lot. But to do just a two-minute solo, purely to show classical aesthetic, is not my favorite thing to do.

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#5. I've danced since I was 5 and went to the School of American Ballet at Lincoln Center at 7.

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#6. I would like to do some serious drama. I really connect with emotional characters who have struggles and a lot of emotion and colors. I don't really want to do anything smiley and cheesy; it's not really my personality when I'm working.

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#7. I'm more a 1950s hourglass shape.

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#8. I would have to change my entire life if I went into acting. I dance eight hours a day, and then suddenly to be sitting on a set for 12 hours a day is a big difference for my health.

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#9. I tend to be ... they say 'workaholic,' which I just find to be 'motivated.'

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#10. I'm into the scruff. I like an unkempt man. I mean, not like beard to the chest, but I'm definitely a Johnny Depp kinda girl.

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#11. I was bullied a lot as a kid.

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#12. I like my body. I don't want to have to change it for anything - even if that means I have to take a step down as a dancer. I don't think I'm ever going to sacrifice my figure for anyone else to accept me.

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#13. I've been with Semperoper Ballet in Dresden, Germany, for five years - I wanted to escape the competitive dance world and go somewhere where I felt appreciated for my talents. Stateside, it was always kind of a struggle. And the competition? Not into it.

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#14. Instead of watching cartoons when I was little, I had Russian ballet videos from, like, the 1950s and 1940s.

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#15. Over-the-top dance reality shows are hard for me to watch. The real drama in our world is much more emotional, personal, and extreme. There is manipulation and sneakiness.

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#16. I had some struggles to find my footing. I couldn't really find a place to appreciate me - I'm a little bit curvy for the dance world.

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#17. Women should be happy with their bodies. Not being afraid of yourself is very empowering.

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#18. I prefer to be covered. I don't wear a lot of low-cut things. I'd rather keep the attention to my brain, my face.

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#19. There's only a certain amount of space in every ballet company. You're basically on a team. You want to succeed as a group but all want to have the same roles.

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#20. My dad influenced my musical taste. I grew up listening to Bob Dylan and The Rolling Stones and a bunch of rock music from the '60s. Now, instead of watching TV, I'll play a record from start to finish.

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#21. I like vintage clothes, a lot of '80s band shirts. I wear a lot of my boyfriend's clothes, too.

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#22. I'm a very sensitive person by nature. Things move me very easily, like music or videos on Facebook, and I feel for people.

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#23. I think that 'Flesh and Bone' represents the dance world very authentically. There's always this aspect of drama put on top of it, and it's showcasing the problems of the dance world, but I've had experiences in reality that were written into the show.

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#24. I'm not the most confident dancer, to be honest. Dancing on film was very difficult for me because you can see it after it's been done.

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#25. I want to act in a Tarantino movie and be a vixen in one of his films. Maybe I'll secretly drop an episode of 'Flesh and Bone' in his mailbox and see what he thinks.

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#26. I was kind of a loser at ballet school. It's all rich kids, and I was not a wealthy kid. I didn't have the Chanel butterfly clip everyone else did.

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#27. I've been in companies where they have galas. U.S. companies aren't government-funded, so they invite wealthier people to come to these events. It's a very glamorous art form. They send you off to talk to bankers, and they make you feel objectified in a way.

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#28. The amount of effort and energy that goes into being an actor is something that I can't compare to anything else.

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#29. There's always very high tension with dance auditions! You're in a group, watching the people in the front of the room, hoping you'll get something, anything that will relieve a bit of the stress.

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#30. I love playing a role, anything that's dramatic. I'm enjoying living that kind of life: being someone else, getting to die, being a temptress. I enjoy being someone else on stage.

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