Sarah Hay Quotes

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I was bullied a lot as a kid.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.