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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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" My first TV experience, it was so bad. I just didn't feel a creative atmosphere. I felt like we were just pawns to deliver lines. Everyone was telling me that's just television. I said, 'OK, I'm going to stay far away from television! "

Rosie Perez

Experience

Creative

" Puerto Ricans are United States citizens, and I think that the issue of statehood or independence needs to be addressed and needs to be resolved. "

" I like the cold weather better than the hot weather. "

" People make me out to be this super strong woman, but I have my tough days just like anyone else. "

Rosie Perez

Woman

" I was very willing to take on controversial roles that people didn't really want to look at. "

" 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. "

" I get bored in Hollywood. "

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

" I see explicit covers on magazines, and they're getting even more explicit, and it's like, Are women being empowered, or is this just what sells magazines? Are they feeling pressured, or have they really come into themselves and are saying, 'I am woman, hear me roar?' "

Rosie Perez

Feeling

Saying

" It's disgusting how much I laugh during the day. "

" I didn't appreciate Brooklyn until I left it. "

" 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. "

" I have this tough exterior, but inside, I'm very mushy and soft. "

" With 'Soul Train,' it was the first time I was on television. And I just couldn't believe it. "

" 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. "

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

" Van Gogh cut off his ear for his art. I'm not tryin' to cut off my ear. I'm not humiliating myself. "

" I don't watch TV series, but I watched 'Friday Night Lights' because I'm a sports head. "

" I have a picture of all of us going to a club with my friends from 'Soul Train.' All the girls just going out to a nightclub, and we're all dressed like we were dressed on 'Soul Train.' It was the most surreal experience for me because I walk into the club with them, and people started screaming. 'Oh my God! It's the 'Soul Train' dancers.' "

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

Rosie Perez

Even

Married

" I had a ball on 'Soul Train.' "

" Don Cornelius did not want to see how I really danced - I was doing hip-hop, and it was foreign to people out in California. They only knew about popping and locking, so they were not keen on hip-hop dancing. "

" 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. "

Rosie Perez

Office

Say

" You can learn steps, but you cannot learn how to boogie. "

" A lot of women feel ashamed to be weak. "

" 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. "

Rosie Perez

Lying

Age

" I want to be in shape. "

Rosie Perez

Want

Shape

" If we can't look at the good, bad and ugly of who we are, we are never going to progress as people - ever. "

" 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. "