Top 33 Francesca Hayward Quotes

I feel like when you’ve got a good outfit on it makes your day, right?

I feel in control when I’m on stage.

Telling the story from start to finish, that adrenaline fuels me and keeps me going.

I’ve always just done ballet, and I feel like I’m sort of living the dream.

Dancewear is very different from sportswear. Sportswear doesn’t quite suit what we need to do with our bodies, so I’m always fiddling with my clothes in the studio.

I love acting, but that’s also kind of what I love about ballet – the acting. So, obviously, film is like an extension of that, which is amazing, but it’s also something I can do a bit later on as well.

Obviously I would never have agreed to be a part of something that would change the colour of my skin had I been playing a human. The bottom line is, I’m playing a cat. There is no more discussion. I am a cat that’s white, let’s not read into it.

I didn’t expect to be so tired sometimes on stage. There are moments when you’re so tired you could pretty much collapse.

I always enjoy ballet when you can read the situation very precisely, when I could tell you exactly which sentence that person is saying to that person even when they’re not speaking and just moving their hand.

I believe that when we die, we die – but I believe people’s energy stays behind.

Everyone knows that I’m not very nice when I’m hungry.

I’m rubbish at maths but I would like to have been a pilot.

Since the E.U. referendum I’ve been keen to know more and be a bit more active. It highlighted how important politics is to our lives.

When I’m performing I just want to tell the audience something. I want every person watching to walk away feeling something.

When I was younger I used to dance to lots of ballet videos.

I am embarrassed to say that I regularly wake up to a message from my Matchesfashion.com personal shopper, saying, ‘Hey, it’s Charlene, just letting you know about this handbag before everyone else!’

I would love to be a fashion designer but that’s easier said than done.

When I was a wee baby, if I heard any music, I would just get up in my buggy or my pram and start bobbing around.

At aged eleven, you’re learning taking criticism every day and making it a positive thing – otherwise you will never make it in ballet.

When I was younger, in my living room, I used to put ‘Cats’ the stage musical video on and I used to copy Victoria.

I’ve loved CATS since I was a child – particularly the role of Victoria, so when the opportunity to audition came about I was very interested.

I got the performance gene.

I learned after a while that you are the only one who can take care of yourself.

I feel that while my body’s able and I’m young, I’d have so many regrets if I didn’t go for it now with the ballet, because that’s everything I’ve always wanted to do.

When I found out that I was going be Juliet, it felt much more real than ‘Manon,’ because ‘Manon’ is one of those ballets that you probably do after Juliet, so that never really sunk in to be honest.

My favorite leisurewear brands are Lululemon and Nike. They feel like a second skin, they never restrict my movements, and they keep me cool and warm.

I was a waitress at a local pub. I was really bad with money and it taught me the value of it as I was on minimum wage.

Sometimes I wonder if people really want my smelly old shoes, but some people seem quite thrilled by them. So I’m like, OK, well, this is something you can’t buy, so there you go.

I’m very proud of the colour of my skin and that I’m inspiring people from all backgrounds, but I think it will be great for the next mixed-race or black female principal dancer if she doesn’t have to be asked about that.

My dad was teaching in Kenya, and my grandparents came to visit me there. They brought me to England, and my dad continued to teach for a bit after, so I just continued to live with my grandparents, because that became home, really.

Manon’ still feels like it didn’t really happen, because it is such a mammoth ballet and I can’t believe I did that.

I’ve always been distracted by shopping and when I’m not dancing, I’m probably shopping.

I already don’t read reviews, I don’t seek them out. Sometimes my family will tell me if there’s a nice one.