Ann Reinking Quotes

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Ann Reinking

Profession : Actress

Birth : November 10, 1949

I had a small speaking part in 'Coco.' Katharine Hepburn said to me, 'You can act.' Wasn't that nice?

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Chorus Line' opened things up a bit. Any show that's successful does that. But 'Chorus Line' was about dancers.

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I learn from teaching. Having to break things down and explain them makes me a better dancer.

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I think of myself, basically, as a very practical person in black bugle beads.

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I was up for parts in 'Charlie's Angels' and 'Three's Company,' but other people got them. At the time I was very disappointed because I knew the shows would be tremendous hits. But if I had done either I would not have done the following: 'Chorus Line,' 'Dancin',' 'Chicago,' 'Movie Movie,' 'All That Jazz' and 'Annie.'

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One of the reasons I like to teach is that I like to pass things on. That's an unspoken law of show business.

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When you get too much, too quickly, too easily, you don't learn to fight.

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The guest artists pass on not only their experiences but also the pitfalls.

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When I did 'Goodtime Charley' that helped a great deal, but 'Dancin' was such a huge hit. It catapulted me in to being a consistent principal to count on.

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For theater I am like a long-distance runner. For movies I am a sprinter! Same playing field, different approach.

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I enjoy YouTube like everyone else.

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Often when you have less to work with, you do more.

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The whole gist of 'All That Jazz' is Faustian. It's about a man who sells his soul to show business - which Bob didn't do. He understood the dangers of glamour and falling into that kind of life.

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I like meeting people from other walks of life and finding out about other worlds, and knowing that I'm fairly adept at one world and really stupid in many others.

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Broadway is so defeating for the most part that it doesn't encourage people to be as tenacious as they should be.

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I'm happiest with my family and with working.

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Students ask me what is the best advice you could give me? And I say, 'Your mother's right.'

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I always had my feet in two places when I was doing amateur dance in Seattle.

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I would love to be proud of my life, to look back and say, I did a good job, that I strive for quality.

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Acting, like wine, gets better as time goes on. Singing gets better after a certain age. The dancer peaks at 35 or 40.

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