People don't realise how difficult it is to work with people day in and day out that know absolutely nothing.
— Abby Lee Miller
I hate what I look like on TV, and I want to look better, and nothing makes the mothers more jealous.
Cry if you have a compound fracture, by all means. Or if your grandpa died. But otherwise, save it for your pillow.
If you want someone to say, 'She's so sweet, and she's so cute, and, honey, point your foot,' that's not my school. You can go to the YMCA and have a nobody teach your kid if that's what you want to hear.
I've been in continuing education programs since taking my dance master's exam at age 21.
Do your job. Do it the best you can. Do it right, because somebody, sometimes your best friend, is waiting for you to screw up so she can take your place.
What I'm denying is that I'm this cutthroat financier.
I'm not this horrible, evil person.
My wheelchair is like the Cadillac of wheelchairs; it goes up and down and back, and I can lay down in it.
I want to be an executive producer.
I do not raise brats!
TV's a big deal in prison. A big deal. People watch it nonstop.
Dancers are always striving for perfection. A great dancer never achieves it: you always want to do another turn, a higher jump,a more difficult acrobatic jump.
When you're so busy shooting 12 hours a day, you just eat what someone sticks in front of you.
If your mom cries a lot, you probably cry a lot. It's what you learn.
My name is not unfamiliar to anybody in the dance community. I'm talking the upper echelon of dance studios.
I declared bankruptcy, and that was the worst thing I ever should have done.
I have an eye for detail.
I made bad decisions. I'm not denying that I made bad decisions.
If a whole bunch of people want to make your life a living hell, they're gonna do it.
I have good days and bad days.
I can make something magical and wonderful out of nothing.
You don't need a lot of credentials to be prison guard in a federal prison. And, you know, you give them a set of keys and a weapon, and they're in power.
I'm a good teacher and am great at observation and picking out what's wrong and fixing it.
I saw 'Magic Mike,' and I thought it was great.
Britney Spears was an incredible dancer. That kid was amazing.
I have spent the greater part of my life in a hotel room with seven or eight kids, looking after everyone, sorting out fights, wiping noses, handing out towels, not having a clean towel left for me.
As far as the general public is concerned, I always tell people that you need to look like a dance teacher like you're looking for a pediatrician.
If you have the ability to pick yourself up by the bootstraps and start over, you come out stronger because you learn from whatever mistakes you made.
I can take a beginner kid that has never danced in their lives, and I can teach them something, or I can take a really advanced dancer, and I can make them into a professional.
The rules are there for a reason.
I have a little bit of PTSD when I hear a big bang or a loud noise or keys - I jump out of my skin.
I don't think I get that upset over things.
I don't want a brat on my team.
Don't hire a prison consultant.
