A biography for Ann Reinkinghasn’t been written yet.
“If you can't trust, it's harder to love and if you can't love it's harder to be happy.”
“It's all cyclical. Sometimes things just come in packs. At one point you had this collection of great choreographers where you would see eight bars and you would know definitely who did it.”
“I like to stretch myself, and playing a dance-hall hostess is quite a stretch, but I feel comfortable with it.”
“All great directors - however, they do it - make you want to be good. I hope I do it. It's like being a parent, a psychiatrist, a disciplinarian and a friend.”
“I tend to be loyal to the people who have been loyal to me.”
“The human spirit is the greatest thing on earth.”
“For theater I am like a long-distance runner. For movies I am a sprinter! Same playing field, different approach.”
“You have to have tunnel vision as a dancer to get to where you're going. But once you get there, you have to save yourself by spreading your horizons. It's the paradox of this profession. The very thing that makes you very good will destroy you.”
“To meet someone who you look up to like they are gods and goddesses, sometimes that person can disappoint you a bit.”
“The joy is in the work. The travel is the dues you pay.”
“I would love to be proud of my life, to look back and say, I did a good job, that I strive for quality.”
“I want people to know I'm a good actress.”
“Dance saves lives.”
“Bob was beloved by people, very intelligent people, for their entire lives, and he had tremendous loyalty from everyone. I know he has a reputation for being abusive, but he's not.”
“Fosse would say that it's important to trust silence. He very much liked the use of the tacit, or silent, count, where nothing is happening. He also liked percussion. His is a world of angular movement and mystery, quiet, semi-taciturn and percussive.”
“The one good thing about dance is that if you are truly yourself, then it's all good.”
“I came to New York with $500. That was a lot of money because my allowance was 50 cents.”
“That's very important when you're doing an ensemble piece, that you give it a variety of levels so it doesn't get too homogenous.”
“I have a wonderful husband, sportswriter Peter Talbert.”
“Working with people who have a lot of heart is just the best. You can hire it, but you cannot teach it. It's either there or it's not.”