Although I don't gamble in life - I've never played poker - I do gamble on stage. I gamble with myself: 'Can I do this?' (Mikhail Baryshnikov)

Although I don't gamble in life - I've never played poker - I do gamble on stage. I gamble with myself: 'Can I do this?'

Mikhail Baryshnikov

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