The Hollywood star informed PEOPLE: “All of the discipline that I have, I take from dance.

“The capability to have the ability to hear and take path, with humility, and an understanding that you just’re by no means going to be good, and that it takes work and drive to be good, and that regardless of how arduous you’re employed, you may by no means utterly get there – that’s the journey.

“That’s what I learned, and I’ve taken that into the acting world. I think it certainly has fed me and it’s helped me stay sane in a very challenging world.”

Neve turned fascinated by dance at a really early age, after her dad took her to see a National Ballet of Canada manufacturing of ‘The Nutcracker’.

The actress nonetheless has vivid reminiscences of feeling impressed by what she watched.

She stated: “I was six years old. It was my Christmas present. I said, ‘I want to do that.'”

Neve joined the National Ballet School on the age of 9 and though she finally dropped out on the age of 14, Neve “loved” her time there.

The actress added: “I had just been having some mental challenges, just difficult to find the balance between wanting a childhood and following this dream. I had had already quite a bit of injury. From nine years old, at the National Ballet School, I was in physiotherapy weekly.”