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As far as a Latin explosion, I'm sorry, I'm the only Latino who's going to say it, but there is no Latin explosion. I'm sorry. Four or five top box office people do not make it an explosion, and it's disgusting to me that people will perceive it that way. -- Rosie Perez
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. -- Rosie Perez
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. -- Rosie Perez
The majority of Latin actresses in Hollywood were always playing either spitfires or maids. Now here is a woman who comes in and does leads opposite white people and black people and other Spanish people, and she's comfortable in her skin? Gasp! How dare she? -- Rosie Perez
Certain people who care about me a lot have said 'You don't play the game, and if you don't play the game, you don't get picked for the team all the time. -- Rosie Perez
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. -- Rosie Perez
Own it. Just take it and say, 'Yes I will be great, I am going to be great.' Great doesn't mean being a movie star, great doesn't mean having millions of dollars. Great means being able to be confident, strong, and a solid human being that has dignity and integrity. That is great. -- Rosie Perez
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. -- Rosie Perez
I don't call myself Latin, I call myself Puerto Rican. -- Rosie Perez
We all like indie directors - heck, I even married one ... but we're divorced now. -- Rosie Perez
I didn't appreciate Brooklyn until I left it. -- Rosie Perez
Women of color: if you're over 40 and you get fat, you will work. But if you're hot and over 40 and a woman of color, they don't know what to do with you. -- Rosie Perez
I am a positive person. I never think of the glass as half empty. I just keep pushing forward. -- Rosie Perez
You know, you may not be born in Puerto Rico, but Puerto Rican is definitely born in you. -- Rosie Perez
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?' -- Rosie Perez
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. -- Rosie Perez
A lot of women feel ashamed to be weak. -- Rosie Perez
I had to believe I was immune to the emotional and mental blows of my life thus far. I had to believe that I was above it. If I didn't, how could I win? -- Rosie Perez
I want to be in shape. -- Rosie Perez
If we can't look at the good, bad and ugly of who we are, we are never going to progress as people - ever. -- Rosie Perez
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. -- Rosie Perez
I'm a lucky gal. -- Rosie Perez
You never understand how dear your privacy is until you lose it. -- Rosie Perez
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. -- Rosie Perez
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. -- Rosie Perez
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. -- Rosie Perez
In movies, you shoot out of sequence, so the issue of reality is really taken out of it. -- Rosie Perez
I was very willing to take on controversial roles that people didn't really want to look at. -- Rosie Perez
Sometimes when you win, you really lose. And sometimes when you lose, you really win. And sometimes when you win or lose, you actually tie. And sometimes when you tie, you actually win or lose. Winning or losing is all one organic mechanism, from which one extracts what one needs. -- Rosie Perez
You can learn steps, but you cannot learn how to boogie. -- Rosie Perez