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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.' "

Rosie Perez

People

Soul

God

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Rosie Perez

Hollywood

" 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 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. "

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

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

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

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

" 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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" In Broadway, we do love jazz hands. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" 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

" 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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "