“She has to be the only 60-year-old woman in America who is expected to dance with total strangers wherever she goes. … In person, she is more blunt, introspective and interesting than she is on the show, willing to express mild irritation that might seem off-key in front of a national audience. She’s also much more likely to explore dark corners of her psyche, regrets, second thoughts, anxieties that linger.” — The New York Times