Morgan Spector Quotes

I did a masterclass at the Juilliard and asked the students, 'Can you stand?' 'Sure.' 'Can you walk?' 'Sure.' They couldn't. They had never really thought about it.

Physical elegance, which is what I am talking about here, comes from the body. This is no superficial matter, but rather the way that man found to honour the way he places his two feet on the ground.

I think overall body awareness and knowing exactly where I need to be makes a big difference. Knowing how much weight to put on each foot or where I need to put my hands are things I'm very good at. Obviously with the wrestling background those are things that come naturally.

I can't walk in high heels, never mind dance in them.

I honestly find it easier to dance about in heels than I do to walk down the street in them.

When you dance, your body just wants to find its natural weight. I'm naturally a lot more Tommy Tune than I am Wolverine.

I really like the structure of my body. It moves well, it looks good, it photographs well, it understands gesture and nuance.

Actors always start with the voice and language. That's wrong. They should start with the body. The body is an actor's most important resource.

I am fairly physically aware and agile, and I imbue that into the characters I play.

What musical performers bring to straight characterizations is that physical flexibility that comes with knowing your body so well. A lot of actors are terribly awkward. Terribly. And I think it's so important for them, when they're young, to work on their physical selves.

When you act, your whole body is the instrument.

Nothing, literally nothing, makes me feel like I'm back to my body more than Pilates.

When you're using your upper body to live, you get to know how to move every muscle.

My dance background helped me tremendously. Dancing is like second nature to me.

My body was so instrumental to how I took pictures: it was practically a dance. I used to use my legs a lot; now I'm a little more sedentary.

Something about being a dancer connects you to your physical body. It's primal, earthy, sexual energy by nature. You feel your body in a certain way. Channing is very much the same way. He's very in tune with that.

In general, I'm rubbish in heels. I love them, and I own a lot because it's like being in a sweet shop: they're pretty. But I'm not good in them. I don't walk nicely in heels.

It is upon the length and breadth and span of a body sustained in muscular action that dance invokes its image.

I would suggest it to any actor to get some movement classes because it really, really makes a difference.

On my own, I have very bad posture; I'm clunky.

My parents were ballet dancers, and I did a lot of ballet, too, so I think I learned quite early on how to hold my body. Although I do recall desperately wishing I was shorter at school.

From the moment I open my eyes, I'm trying to free my body. I'm trying to get looser, more flexible, to gain control. Movement is medicine to me.

Being a dancer is my metaphor for life because you have to know your body. Being a dancer and paying attention to fitness is all about moving in balance.

Before you get into the mind, you have to inhabit the physicality. Body language is a great way of speaking.

When I model, I use every single muscle in my body. Being fit and physical lets me know that control.