Mj Rodriguez Quotes

Mj Rodriguez

Profession : Actress

Birth : January 7, 1991

I have so many ways I can explain the ballroom scene. But the essence of the ballroom scene would be elegance, extravagance, and fabulousness to its 100 per cent. It's a place where you can be whoever you want to be inside of already being who you are.

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For a long time, with a lot of women of the trans experience on television, people have only got to see one aspect of their life. With 'Pose,' it's broadened the scale.

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I was always scared about my voice.

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'Paris Is Burning' was only just a glimpse into what was happening within the ballroom scene. The difference is that 'Pose' is opening the lens a little bit more, and it's diving into the personal lives of these women who fought for their kids - who raised their kids to be strong individuals so that they can move on and have a legacy, too.

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For people who have been ostracized, who have been all the way at the bottom, there's only one way that we can go - and that's up.

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Home is like my detox: it's what keeps me grounded.

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'Rent' was one of the main defining moments, and it was like the precipice of my transition.

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I always believe that the experiences that you go through are what make you stronger and what help you push forward through life.

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I'm obviously fighting for my community simply because I'm trans, and I have to do that, and I do it because that's my existence. I wake up in the morning, and that is my activism.

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You can't force anyone to understand anything that they don't want to understand.

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Every day, I walk the streets with my head held high, but deep down inside, sometimes I'm like, 'I just hope I can get through the day.'

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I started out in the ballroom scene when I was fourteen years old.

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It was me that was holding myself back because I felt like I had to fit into this mold of what people want to see.

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My mom is my biggest cheerleader.

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I had always known I was female, since I was 7 years old.

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There were moments where I was called many derogatory names. I've gotten into a couple of fights. People have jumped me. You know, I've had a lot of things that have happened to me, but I look past those things now.

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Throughout my life, my mom, my dad, my grandmother - these were people who made sure that I had the right people around me uplifting me.

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It's a blessing that I have my family in my life and they were supportive, but there were times when I needed to find an outlet for me to understand my people and my own journey, and I found that through my chosen family, which was the ballroom community.

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Whenever I go onstage or in front of a camera, I always want to pour my soul out because I know I have a lot to offer.

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'Pose' itself is about family. It's about all kinds of families and how they bring themselves together and how they uplift each other and how they fight even harder to move forward.

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