Acting is how I'll be able to change how Latinos are viewed in media and change how little girls see and talk about themselves. Gina Rodriguez More Quotes by Gina Rodriguez More Quotes From Gina Rodriguez I will play the characters with last names like Sanchez and Gonzalez until the day I die, but I also want to play the 'Michelle Smiths.' Gina Rodriguez diewilldaywant I do not devalue the role of a maid or nanny, or the stereotypical roles that some members of our family have actually done to feed our families in real life. Gina Rodriguez familydonereallife I started small with commercials and print. Gina Rodriguez commercialsstartedsmallprint I love relatable stories. Gina Rodriguez i-lovestorieslove I started salsa dancing with a few different companies and started touring the country. It was fantastic, but I realized that I really wanted to talk every time we were performing. That's a problem because when you're dancing, if you stop to talk, that's not really cool to the other dancers. Gina Rodriguez coolyouproblemtime I started performing very young as a salsa dancer, and every time I was on that stage dancing, all I knew was that I wanted to speak. I wanted the music to stop, and I wanted to speak. Gina Rodriguez stopmusicspeaktime I've learned a lot about what kind of actor I want or do not want to be while being on set. I sit back and observe how other actors treat the totem pole of set politics. Gina Rodriguez treatbackpoliticswant This industry is all about work, and just because Sundance exposed me to the world, it is my job to stay deserving in that world. The work never ends; the hustle just get harder, and you get stronger! Gina Rodriguez meyouworkworld I don't want the Latino community to think I think the reason Latino films are not doing well is because of us. It is not fully our responsibility. Gina Rodriguez doingthinkcommunityresponsibility Latinos don't go out and support their own films, but at the same time, it's not their responsibility. Gina Rodriguez gosupportresponsibilitytime I think all Latino actors want to be storytellers first. I want to be an actor first, and then I want to be Latina. Gina Rodriguez i-thinkactorthinkwant I dream big, baby. I want to do thrillers, I want to do smart David Lynch-type mysteries. Gina Rodriguez smartdreamwantbaby I can live in L.A. as a struggling artist. I cannot live in New York as a struggling artist. Gina Rodriguez livenewi-canartist I grew up dancing salsa - you know, a traditional Puerto Rican dance. Gina Rodriguez upknowyoudance
