Cathy Rigby Quotes & Sayings

“I would climb on roofs and jump off using my parents' bed sheet, hoping it would open like a parachute. I was always getting hurt, breaking a leg, you know, bruising, cracking my head open.”

“So it really does have a sort of bittersweet quality. Kids like to have adventures and to believe they can fly, but there's also that fear about people leaving you.”

“I was always very active as a kid. I would climb on roofs and jump off using my parents' bed sheet, hoping it would open like a parachute. I was always getting hurt, breaking a leg, you know, bruising, cracking my head open.”

“I've been able to play a kid up to this point and pretend that I'm not a grown-up - well, at least for two hours a night!”

“It's really hard to separate fantasy from reality.”

“There's so much denial in gymnastics. It's a beautiful sport but the other part is numbing. You become machinelike. They'll refute this, but I've been around it. I know.”

“Acting allows me the freedom to let go, to be in the moment, to be spontaneous. I no longer have the fear of losing, of failure.”

“Flying is such a joy. You just want to hoot.”

“Seeing the show is like a visit to the fountain of youth for parents and the children.”

“I have three dogs and a cockatoo.”