Zitat des Tages von Rosie Perez:
I was very willing to take on controversial roles that people didn't really want to look at.
I think I just have this need to be a storyteller. That's why I wasn't a great dancer - I couldn't articulate a story. I was a better choreographer. I have the need to to just express myself in that way. I can't explain it.
If we can't look at the good, bad and ugly of who we are, we are never going to progress as people - ever.
I started lying about my age when I was 18 to be older. When I turned 21, I started lying that I was 18. It's a weakness in me.
Certain people who care about me a lot have said 'You don't play the game, and if you don't play the game, you don't get picked for the team all the time.
You can learn steps, but you cannot learn how to boogie.
As far as a Latin explosion, I'm sorry, I'm the only Latino who's going to say it, but there is no Latin explosion. I'm sorry. Four or five top box office people do not make it an explosion, and it's disgusting to me that people will perceive it that way.
We all like indie directors - heck, I even married one... but we're divorced now.
I'm a lucky gal.
The racism, the sexism, I never let it be my problem. It's their problem. If I see a door comin' my way, I'm knockin' it down. And if I can't knock down the door, I'm sliding through the window. I'll never let it stop me from what I wanna do.
I am a positive person. I never think of the glass as half empty. I just keep pushing forward.
I want to be in shape.
I don't call myself Latin, I call myself Puerto Rican.
I didn't appreciate Brooklyn until I left it.
I get bored in Hollywood.
I have a great career, and no matter what I am doing, a big blockbuster movie... or my small documentary, David Letterman will call and say I would like you to sit on my couch.
I did not try to conform to anybody's ideal of what a Latin celebrity or movie star should be. I took a lot of hits for it.
A lot of women feel ashamed to be weak.
As an actor, you may do things that aren't politically correct. Unless you're an actor who only does things for political reasons. I believe if we don't do the good, bad, and the ugly, we're not going to progress.