To most people, Goldie Hawn is known as an actress, a mother and a woman who knows who she is . But before the 69-year-old became one of Hollywood's most famous faces, she was something else: an aspiring dancer.

As a child, Goldie adored dancing. She began taking classes when she was 3 years old and fell in love, dancing several days a week. Soon after she started, Goldie couldn't envision a future that didn't include dance, and she had her sights set on it being her chosen profession someday.

"Dancing was the most extraordinary experience of my life," she tells "Oprah's Master Class" in the above video. "After school, recitals, performances -- it was the very thing that I knew I was going to do when I grew up."

Goldie's parents were also supportive of their daughter's dream to pursue dancing and recognized both her drive and talent. "I'd bring home a C in school, but they weren't too worried about it because they knew, basically, what my vocation was going to be from early on," Goldie says with a smile.