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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. "

Rosie Perez

Doing

Great

I Am

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Rosie Perez

Office

Say

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

" 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.' "

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

" 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

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

" 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 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. "

Rosie Perez

Day

Going

" 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. "

" You know, you may not be born in Puerto Rico, but Puerto Rican is definitely born in you. "

" At home, I'm the silliest cornball who talks way too much and wants to be quiet and left alone at the same time. "

" 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. "

" It's sad that arts are not part of the curriculum across the nation. "

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

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

Rosie Perez

Even

Married

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

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