Mikhail Baryshnikov quotes

Mikhail Baryshnikov — Latvian-American dancer, choreographer and actor.

“You ask me what's happened in my life, why and how I did this and that. And I think and tell, but it's never true story, because everything is so much more complicated, and also I can't even remember how things happened. Whole process is boring. Also false, but mostly boring.”

As quoted in "Profile: The Soloist" by Joan Acoccella, in The New Yorker (January 19, 1998); reprinted in Life Stories: Profiles from The New Yorker (2000), edited by David Remnick

“The minute plane set down, the minute I stepped again on Latvian ground, I realized this was never my home. My heart didn't even skip one beat.”

As quoted in "Profile: The Soloist".

“You know, I never planned to leave. I was not extremely patriotic about Mother Russia. You know, I played their game, pretending, of course. You have to deal with, you know, party people, KGB... Horrifying.”

Statement in television interview: Larry King (May 5, 2002). "Interview with Mikhail Baryshnikov", Larry King Weekend, CNN.

“The more injuries you get, the smarter you get.”

In an interview with Barbara Isenberg, "To Mikhail Baryshnikov, time is a great teacher", Los Angeles Times, 30 August 2009

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