“There's this certain caliber of dancing I was striving for when I was younger, and it's very hard for me to go back and just do it for fun. But I take all other kinds of classes: I take jazz classes, modern classes, and I love doing that instead of going to the gym. The gym is not very much fun.”

“In January 1944 I was called up by the Forced Labor Service, but I deserted on October 10, 1944.”