The problems I had with the Paris Opera Ballet are a thing of the past. Sylvie Guillem More Quotes by Sylvie Guillem More Quotes From Sylvie Guillem Most producers who want you to dance are not looking at the long term. They see their evenings, the box office, whom they have to repay, whatever. Sylvie Guillem lookingyoudancelong While I enjoy it, I will continue to go onstage. While I contribute something, fine. I don't want to be dragging my feet. I don't want to become pathetic, but I think I will be lucid enough. I'll know when to stop. Sylvie Guillem stopthinkenjoyfeet I judge myself severely. Sylvie Guillem judgemyself I am not nice. That has gotten me into a lot of trouble. Sylvie Guillem i-ammenicetrouble I had no sense of having reached some goal because I was an etoile at the Paris Opera. My ambition, if you can call it that, was to discover and learn and be excited by what I was doing. If I didn't have that, I would find it elsewhere. Sylvie Guillem doingyouparisambition There's a picture of me as a little girl, and I'm waiting to go onstage, and I am biting the last bit of nail I have left on my finger. Sylvie Guillem i-ammegirlwaiting Between what I know I can do and want to achieve and what the audience expects, it's a lot of pressure, and it's always adding up. Sylvie Guillem knowachievei-canpressure I think it's going to be the most difficult thing to do, to leave the stage. But if you have no lucidity about it, it's even worse because you don't see the negative side of you still being onstage. Sylvie Guillem seethinkyounegative The Palais Garnier was part of my childhood, my pseudo-adolescence, my life. Sylvie Guillem my-lifepartchildhoodlife There are some ballets you can do for a long time. With others, you have to know when to stop. Some are very destructive. Forsythe's choreography pushes dancers to the extreme. That's why it's best to vary. That way, you break your body a little bit in different places, but not a lot in one place. Sylvie Guillem bestyoutimelong At the Paris Opera Ballet, they were always making choices for me. Sylvie Guillem mealwaysparischoices There is a false idea that I am stubborn and do only what I want, but really, I am like a sponge. Sylvie Guillem i-amlikestubbornwant
