106 Quotes by Sylvie Guillem

It is strange: I love to be in front of the audience, but I have this opposite side that is afraid of meeting people, that doesn't want to talk. I feel it's like having a little hard stone inside me of problems, doubts, and shyness.

Dancers are not like movie actresses. People look at our bodies, not our faces. They only recognise me when I sign my name on something and they say, 'Ah yes, Sylvie.'

Animals feel pain and love and joy, just as humans. But in the industrialised meat, dairy, and egg industries, animals are denied everything that's natural and important to them. Some of them don't even feel the fresh air. They don't see the light.

If you are afraid of losing something, then you are dependent on it. If you are not afraid, then you are free.

'Romeo and Juliet,' 'Manon,' 'Giselle' - they are not stupid stories. They have fantastic characters. They have a big package of emotion.

I was born with a different physical capacity to other people.

Fate is like a train. When it flies past, you can choose if you want to get on it or not, to say no or say yes.

I am not a completely stubborn person. But I have views.

To be free on stage, you need to have been disciplined.