Rosie Perez Quotes

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• In movies, you have a production assistant carrying your chair around and getting you coffee. In theater, no one carries your chair, no one gets…
• 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.
• Sometimes when you win, you really lose. And sometimes when you lose, you really win. And sometimes when you win or lose, you actually tie.…
• 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…
• In movies, you shoot out of sequence, so the issue of reality is really taken out of it
• Face dance means you don't know what the hell the rest of your body was doing but your face is fierce. That's face dancing.
• A lot of women feel ashamed to be weak.
• 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.…
• You can learn steps, but you cannot learn how to boogie.
• 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…
• 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…
• 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…
• I am a positive person. I never think of the glass as half empty. I just keep pushing forward.
• 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…
• I didn't appreciate Brooklyn until I left it.
• I get bored in Hollywood.
• 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…
• I want to be in shape.
• I was very willing to take on controversial roles that people didn't really want to look at.
• If we can't look at the good, bad and ugly of who we are, we are never going to progress as people - ever.

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