I've been dancing since I was seven, but I never really developed a regimen until I was on Broadway and responsible for a professional performance every night.
Kate Levering
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MARY LYNN RAJSKUB I was born looking older - and I've been aging since I was a teenager. CHARLES DURNING I've been playing baseball since I was 5 or 6 years old. I've been on a schedule, pretty muc... DEREK JETER I am so lazy. I really don't have a regimen. When I was younger I used to be into cardio and tae... BIANCA LAWSON Honestly, I've been asking myself how it would feel to be Princess Leia since I was seven years ... CLAUDIA GRAY I've loved musicals ever since I saw 'The Lion King' on Broadway. MARK INDELICATO I've been a Madden guy since I was little. CALVIN JOHNSON I've been a UNICEF ambassador since I was 17. SELENA GOMEZ I was born in India - but never really lived there. AASIF MANDVI I've never wanted to do anything but be a newspaperman ever since I was 13. IRV KUPCINET I've played the violin since I was seven but stopped because there was a stage when it became ... EMUN ELLIOTT I've been on a calendar, but I've never been on time. MARILYN MONROE I've been doing silly voices since I was a child. HANK AZARIA I've been playing since I was about 7. I never really used a pick very much. I mean, once in a w... LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM It's always performing for me. I write and I record so I can perform. It all ties to that. I'... GARY ALLAN I've never been a model, I was an actress for like a minute, but I've always been a writer. ... KARRINE STEFFANS I was 12 years fittin' to be a billionaire; I was 15 years old as a millionaire. I've been r... BIRDMAN I started rapping because my mom died when I was about 11 years old, and I was a very rebellious kid... TORY LANEZ I've been paying alimony since I was 14 and child support since 15. That's a joke, but not b... DON ADAMS I mean, I feel like I've been pretending I was a werewolf since I was a little kid. JOE MANGANIELLO I'd never been to a science-fiction convention until I became a professional writer. CHINA MIEVILLE I worked with my parents on the stage in production numbers since I was 4, but I never really gave m... HELEN REDDY Growing up on stage, I was introduced to makeup at a young age and I will never forget the first tim... LEA MICHELE I've been working since I was five! ERIN MORAN I've been a video game guy since I was eight years old and got my first Nintendo. I've been ... A.J. STYLES I've loved Leia and Han since I was seven years old. Getting a chance to tell some of their adve... CLAUDIA GRAY I've been drinking and using since I was 13. JACK OSBOURNE I've been going to shopping malls since I was on General Hospital. RICHARD SIMMONS I've been online since 1989; I was sysop on several CompuServe forums. DAVE DEBRONKART I'm the luckiest guy in the world. I never really had a job. I was a football player, then a foo... JOHN MADDEN But I've been freestyling and messing around with rhyming since I was 13. That's when I real... JOHN CENA I've always been really into action movies. Since I was little, that was my favorite type of fil... AUSTIN BUTLER Because I'm an American woman, and I write straight plays, it's always been sort of assumed ... THERESA REBECK I've always been an improviser. I was one before I knew even what the word was... And acting, th... ALAN ARKIN Ever since 'Star Wars,' there was a rash of how a movie was made. I remember that as a kid. ... PATRICK LUSSIER I've been dancing around since I was a baby. When I am sitting around, I'm always dancing in my mind... JAIMIE KNITTLE I've just become obsessed with ballroom dancing. I signed up for the introductory course, which ... DAVID SUTCLIFFE I've been writing since I'm five years old. I've been writing books since high school - ... KARRINE STEFFANS I've been writing stories since I was a kid. I love writing stories. RANDA ABDEL-FATTAH I've been reading tabloids since I was nine. I love a good story. LANA DEL REY But pain may be a gift to us. Remember, after all, that pain is one of the ways we register in memor... SUE MILLER What I wrote... wasn't crazy... or a bullshit... or nonsense... it was what I saw! DEYTH BANGER I've never been so star struck in my life as when I met President Obama and Bill Clinton... and ... MEGAN HILTY I've never really been a genre fan. I never grew up reading comic books or was a horror buff. CHAD LINDBERG When I was, like, 10, I decided it would look really cool, so I pretended I was British. And I'v... ALFRED ENOCH I know this sounds terribly shallow, but I've been mapping out my outfits for the next day every... RACHEL BILSON I've worked with actors before where I was like, this is not working, and then I've seen the... VINCENT KARTHEISER I've been a diehard fan of 'The Simpsons' since I was a kid. REID SCOTT I've been interested in writing and storytelling since I learned to read, but it wasn't unti... JAY MCINERNEY I'm so nervous. I've always been nervous, ever since I was a kid. ELVIS PRESLEY I've been acting since I was 5, literally since I could walk, and I've always said, 'I t... KALEY CUOCO I'm very spiritual. I meditate every day. I don't know if that's surprising or not, but ... MADELINE ZIMA I've been dancing since I was 14-years-old. ARTHUR MEYERS I feel like I've been known for having long black hair, so when I took all my extensions out and... KEKE PALMER I've never really been concerned about being typecast, for me it's just about enjoying my wo... DAVID BOREANAZ Broadway has been very good to me. But then, I've been very good to broadway. ETHEL MERMAN When I spend money on myself, it's almost always on shoes and clothes. I'm addicted to shoes... MATT KEMP I wanted to be a Broadway star when I was younger. I wanted to sing and dance until I realized I was... MICHELLE BRANCH I've been cycling ever since I was a kid. I remember taking my cycling proficiency test aged sev... ERIN O'CONNOR I've been my mom's kitchen helper since I was a little kid. TAYLOR SWIFT My earliest, most impactful encounter with a book was when I was seven and awoke early on Christmas ... SOPHIE KINSELLA I never really focus on writing for other people, to be honest. Every song I've ever written was... SKYLAR GREY One of the things that is devastating is I realise I haven't been living a different life than w... GUS VAN SANT I've been going to the same person for haircuts since I was thirteen. GIA COPPOLA At school, I was only allowed four sweets every Wednesday, so I've developed an addiction. TRINNY WOODALL I've learned after so many years in this business that nothing is set in stone until you're ... KALEY CUOCO I've been noticing gravity since I was very young. CAMERON DIAZ I've been writing full-time since I was 23. EMMA DONOGHUE I've always been terrified about not having money. I've been a big saver and a big earner. W... CHERIE LUNGHI I've been touring through Texas since I was 15, on my first tour ever. 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