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" When you're not working is when you have to stay positive and remind yourself that you're talented. "

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" Fiona Shaw is one of my idols. She's phenomenatastic. I just make up a word for her - that's how much I love her. "

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

" People can be really mean - they say the most vicious things. "

" 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. "

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

" Who has ownership over stories these days? "

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

" Musicals are my favorite. I'm a musical theater buff. "

Musical Theater

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

" You know, it cuts both ways... no one wants to lose a job, but everybody wants to work. "

" Dance is in my background. "

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

" 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. "

" I could be ordering ham at the deli, and someone will turn around and look at me and kind of stare. They'll just look at me like, 'I know I know your voice, and I know I know your face.' "

" New York is home to me. "

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

" I always try to make sure that I stay connected to theater so I continue to be inspired. Not that I'm not inspired by television. "

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

" I grew up with a wide range of music. "

" I was born and raised in Las Vegas, and then I left there to go to the University of Evansville where I majored in theatre. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" At Julliard, they don't teach you where to move your face for the camera, you know? "

" I usually love to go bowling when I'm in Vegas. There's something about Vegas and bowling, do you know what I mean? You know what I mean. Bowling is just the thing to do. "

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