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

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" 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.' "

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

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

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

" I used to get recognized quite often as being a 'Soul Train' dancer. Quite often, which was great at times but sometimes was not so great. Especially, back at college, it was not so great. It was pretty tough. "

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

" I was a ward of the state, initially, and then in the foster care system for quite some time, even though I did live part-time with my aunt in Brooklyn. "

" In Broadway, we do love jazz hands. "

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

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" Therapy is not a 'white thing.' It's a clinical thing. "

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

" 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 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 get bored in Hollywood. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" I have great hair because I take a lot of vitamins. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I want to be in shape. "

" I knew I was going to be successful from day one. From day one. That's why it throws me whenever someone says it was such a fluke that I was successful. "

" 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! "

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