Jennifer Grey Quotes

“My father taught me you have to believe in yourself and run on your own track.”

— Jennifer Grey

“If you try to hold on to something you don't have anymore, you can't be happy in the moment.”

— Jennifer Grey

“I think relationships are really hard. Each one gives you lessons that you need.”

— Jennifer Grey

“Chronic pain can be very lonely. It can have a shame-based quality.”

— Jennifer Grey

“It's like dance is a metaphor for going beyond where you think you can go.”

— Jennifer Grey

“I'd had a really bad car accident years ago, and basically, the ligaments in the back of my neck were ripped, and I'd never addressed that.”

— Jennifer Grey

“It's very hard to balance being there for somebody else and taking care of yourself.”

— Jennifer Grey

“Practically everyone in Hollywood has a neighbor who's been famous, wants to be famous, is famous, has been married to someone famous, worked with someone famous, slept with someone famous, been blackmailed by someone famous.”

— Jennifer Grey

“Dance is the only thing that makes me feel good.”

— Jennifer Grey

I don't remember ever not knowing about acting.

— Jennifer Grey

“I have sung, but I haven't sung in any way that I would ever call myself 'a singer.'”

— Jennifer Grey

I was raised on Broadway because of my dad, but I never thought I had what it took to make it there, although I always wanted to.

— Jennifer Grey

“I'll always be this once-famous actress nobody recognises because of a nose job.”

— Jennifer Grey

I'm ticking things off my list: I had a tumor removed; I had spinal surgery; I had four surgeries in three months.

— Jennifer Grey

“I had intelligent, high-minded, liberal parents who wanted to make sure my values were just like theirs.”

— Jennifer Grey

“I have been suffering for so long and didn't even recognize it. I just stopped doing so many things that I used to love to do due to my pain.”

— Jennifer Grey

“Skinny Cow ice cream and candy - like dancing - brings a little bit of fun to your day.”

— Jennifer Grey

“Unfortunately, the people I end up seeing the least are my girlfriends.”

— Jennifer Grey

“I wasn't a dancer learning to play Baby Houseman. I was Baby Houseman learning to play a dancer. I was someone who'd never done any Latin dance. I'd taken jazz classes and ballet growing up in New York, so I had dance in me, and I knew I loved it, but I'd never done a dance audition.”

— Jennifer Grey

“I will always have pain. But I exercise as much as I can, and I find that makes a huge difference. And if my body does seize up, I have a pain plan in place. If it escalates, I go back to my doctor.”

— Jennifer Grey

“The cancer I had is not at all equal to other people's cancer. I've never had to have chemotherapy; I haven't had to have a mastectomy.”

— Jennifer Grey

There are millions of Americans who are suffering from chronic pain.

— Jennifer Grey

“Ageing is inevitable, and the idea that we can be eternally youthful is the pitfall of our society.”

— Jennifer Grey

“Anyone who thinks I'm a plastic-surgery freak is insane.”

— Jennifer Grey

“Give yourself pleasure; see your friends; go to the movies.”

— Jennifer Grey

“I basically walked around with a goiter for four years because I was so afraid of surgery.”

— Jennifer Grey

“I don't like to complain.”

— Jennifer Grey

I found out my husband can cook!

— Jennifer Grey

“I have a plate on my neck. I had my neck fused.”

— Jennifer Grey

I hope that I'll be able to have kids with a mate. But I don't know if that's in the plan.

— Jennifer Grey

“I just don't get that new hot music. I don't know anything about all these groups like U2.”

— Jennifer Grey

I was too Jewish for 'Flashdance.'

— Jennifer Grey

“I wish anytime I went into a nice restaurant and asked for a table, they said, 'Well I'm sure you don't want one in the corner.'”

— Jennifer Grey

I would love to do a little ballroom dancing with my husband ... He and I can take a couple classes together. It would be a lot of fun!

— Jennifer Grey

I've always been a defiant little animal - always very much my own person.

— Jennifer Grey

“If my dancing is a disaster - it doesn't define me as a person.”

— Jennifer Grey

“The idea that I can touch anybody's life in any way is perfect.”

— Jennifer Grey

“When I try to be perfect, it makes me not have fun.”

— Jennifer Grey

“When my body and face were perfect as far as youth, I wasn't happy.”

— Jennifer Grey

“When you're in a relationship you really care about, you want to protect it and not talk about it.”

— Jennifer Grey

“You have to know me first to think I'm pretty.”

— Jennifer Grey

“I went to dance class as a girl because I didn't like sports, but I never did a dance recital in my life. Never, ever, ever. I felt comfortable dancing, and I was happiest dancing, but I was never the best person in the class.”

— Jennifer Grey

I would love to work with my dad! We've never done anything live together. I'm always open to working with talented people, and I think my dad certainly qualifies.

— Jennifer Grey

“The only time I've ever danced every day was during 'Dancing with the Stars' and in the two-week rehearsal for 'Dirty Dancing,' and that was only to do a particular dance.”

— Jennifer Grey