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" When I got into high school, my favorite artist was definitely Janet Jackson. "

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" That's an actor's dream to get something meaty and juicy and challenging to work on. "

" I love to be a vessel through which characters can come through. And if I can move an audience with my work, then I've done my job. "

" I'm in a comic book now. That was cool. That's something that I'm still sorta reeling about, 'cause I read comics as a kid. Someone drew me, and actually did a pretty good job! "

" I love 'Flashdance.' I thought it was so cool! "

" I really love Adina Porter. "

" I think Kristin Bauer is a goddess. "

" It wouldn't be 'True Blood' if somebody didn't die. "

" When I was 7, an old lady was driving too fast in my neighborhood and hit me with her car. I was running out of the house, and when I got halfway into the street, my mom saw the car and yelled for me to run back. As I turned around the car hit me, dragged me five houses down the road, and I fractured my collarbone. "

" Comic-Con is so much fun. "

" I always tell other young actors to go to school, or at least watch movies to learn as much as you can. "

" Doing a play is so fulfilling. Words cannot describe how I feel when I finish doing a play. "

" Who has ownership over stories these days? "

" Dance is in my background. "

" I still see myself on TV and think, 'Oh my God, I'm on a television, and there are millions of people watching,' and I get really nervous and embarrassed and insecure. "

" I was a very driven young person. "

" Viola Davis should be a household name. So should Angela Bassett. "

" I always have my Beats by Dr. Dre headphones turned up high. I'll probably be deaf by age 50. "

" I'm all about the crossover. The role doesn't necessarily have to be white or Latina or black. It could be anything. But it's hard in Hollywood, because sometimes it's all about the box office. Or all about looks and things like that. It's not about the story that they have to tell. "

" My grandmother is very liberal, but... she still has her opinions. "

" I've always loved who I loved, and it never mattered to me where they were from. That's how it should be: wherever your heart tells you to go, you go. "

" I used to love Jem and the Holograms. I think if they were doing a concert, I would stand in line to see Jem and the Holograms. "

" For me, I have this tough exterior and these Angela Bassett arms, and people think, 'Oh, my God, Rutina's tough.' "

" I think that as a young lady, you start off not knowing what you want to do, and then you kinda arrive at yourself by the time you're 17 or 18, hopefully. And that's what I did. "

" Your nerves can get the better of you, especially when it's your first film. "

" I'm a sneaker head. You'll find more sneakers than heels in my closet. "

" If I'm going to be honest with you, when I trained at school, I feel like I was training to be a chameleon. I want to be that versatile actor who can do anything - that's why you learn fifty different dialects, you do Shakespeare, you do commedia, you do it all so that if any job comes your way, you should be able to do it. "

" I want to do parts that are outside of the box. "

" I came out of the womb dancing. "

" I worked as a singing, dancing busgirl in high school. "

" Staying in Vegas would've been too easy for me. "