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

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

" 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! "

" 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?' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Hollywood's racist. "

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

Believe In Yourself

" I'm a lucky gal. "

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" In Broadway, we do love jazz hands. "

" In movies, you shoot out of sequence, so the issue of reality is really taken out of it. "

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" I get bored in Hollywood. "

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