Rosie Perez

Professions :

Born :

September 6, 1964

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.

dancing body mean

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.

ties winning needs

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.

stars strong integrity

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

progress people looks

You can learn steps, but you cannot learn how to boogie. by Rosie Perez

You can learn steps, but you cannot learn how to boogie.

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.

down-and opportunity doors

You know, you may not be born in Puerto Rico, but Puerto Rican is... by Rosie Perez

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

puerto-rico born may

You never understand how dear your privacy is until you lose it. by Rosie Perez

You never understand how dear your privacy is until you lose it.

dear loses privacy

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.

dancer needs thinking

In movies, you have a production assistant carrying your chair around and getting you coffee. In theater, no one carries your chair, no one gets you your coffee, there's no craft service, there's no per diem. The only thing that is provided for you is coffee, tea, sugar and milk. It doesn't matter how big a star you are or whatever.

coffee stars tea

I am a positive person. I never think of the glass as half empty.... by Rosie Perez

I am a positive person. I never think of the glass as half empty. I just keep pushing forward.

pushing-forward glasses thinking

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?

i-am-woman magazines feelings

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.

stars latin trying

I was very willing to take on controversial roles that people did... by Rosie Perez

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

roles people looks

I get bored in Hollywood. by Rosie Perez

I get bored in Hollywood.

hollywood bored

I want to be in shape. by Rosie Perez

I want to be in shape.

We all like indie directors - heck, I even married one... but we'... by Rosie Perez

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

divorced married directors

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?

white latin opposites

I don't call myself Latin, I call myself Puerto Rican. by Rosie Perez

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

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.

Beatrice Lillie

Adepero Oduye

Adrienne Barbeau

Bindu

Alexandra Breckenridge

Bojana Novakovic