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

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

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

" 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. "

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Believe In Yourself

" People make me out to be this super strong woman, but I have my tough days just like anyone else. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Hollywood's racist. "

" 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! "

" We all like indie directors - heck, I even married one... but we're divorced now. "

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

" 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.' "

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

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

" I'm a lucky gal. "

" I was a ward of the state, initially, and then in the foster care system for quite some time, even though I did live part-time with my aunt in Brooklyn. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "