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" You know, you may not be born in Puerto Rico, but Puerto Rican is definitely born in you. "
Rosie Perez
You
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Born
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" I had a ball on 'Soul Train.' "
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" 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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" 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. "
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" I don't watch TV series, but I watched 'Friday Night Lights' because I'm a sports head. "
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" 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. "
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" Therapy is not a 'white thing.' It's a clinical thing. "
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" 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. "
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Believe
Progress
Political
" 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. "
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" A lot of women feel ashamed to be weak. "
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Feel
Women
Weak
" 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. "
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" Van Gogh cut off his ear for his art. I'm not tryin' to cut off my ear. I'm not humiliating myself. "
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Myself
Off
" 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! "
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Experience
Creative
Me
" You have to believe in yourself. You need to have the audacity to be great. "
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" I am a positive person. I never think of the glass as half empty. I just keep pushing forward. "
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Broadway
" At home, I'm the silliest cornball who talks way too much and wants to be quiet and left alone at the same time. "
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Way
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Part
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