Rosie Perez Quotes

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Rosie Perez

Profession : Actress

Birth : September 6, 1964

I am a positive person. I never think of the glass as half empty. I just keep pushing forward.

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I like the cold weather better than the hot weather.

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You have to believe in yourself. You need to have the audacity to be great.

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I don't call myself Latin, I call myself Puerto Rican.

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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.

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In my circle of friends, I've always been loud and funny and talkative. But as soon as I step out of that circle, I get very quiet and introspective. I don't want the spotlight on me.

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A lot of women feel ashamed to be weak.

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For some reason, I always thought I was special. And for some reason, I always thought that I had a purpose in life: that I was supposed to contribute to the world.

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Don Cornelius gave me an incredulous look regarding my accent. I lessened it; he gave a nod of approval. Instantly, I felt ashamed. I had made my first conscious effort not to sound ethnic.

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I get bored in Hollywood.

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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.

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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.

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In movies, you shoot out of sequence, so the issue of reality is really taken out of it.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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I didn't appreciate Brooklyn until I left it.

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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.

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I'm a lucky gal.

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We all like indie directors - heck, I even married one... but we're divorced now.

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