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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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! "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I get bored in Hollywood. "

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

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

" 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'm a lucky gal. "

" 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?' "

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

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

Believe In Yourself

" 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. "

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

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

" 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 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. "

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

" In Broadway, we do love jazz hands. "

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

" I want to be in shape. "

" 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. "

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