Maybe I exclude myself from that genre by not getting dressed up often enough, by acting ghetto most of the time, and running around in sweats and Timberlands. Michelle Rodriguez More Quotes by Michelle Rodriguez More Quotes From Michelle Rodriguez I think there are three types of actors. There are the ones that do the ego thing, which is "I'm never going to look bad in a movie, ever." This is mostly the action film dudes, like, "Nah, hell no. He ain't punchin' me! I'd whoop his ass!" Michelle Rodriguez egothreethinking I used to go over to my friend's house and we'd watch VCR tapes, three of them a day, and I was like, "I could come up with better stories than this." And I've wanted to write films ever since. Michelle Rodriguez vcrhousewriting I wouldn't want to sacrifice the last years that I have of being youthful in this business to have kids. Michelle Rodriguez sacrificekidsyears Growing up in Jersey City was interesting. I got to learn a lot about different cultures: I had Hindu friends, Middle Eastern friends, black friends, Spanish friends. Michelle Rodriguez growing-upcitiesinteresting [There is] type [of actors ]a true thespian who doesn't give a flying rat's ass what it is as long as it's deep, powerful, and painful, and they will dive in headfirst. I really respect those people. Meryl Streep is amazing at it. Michelle Rodriguez powerfullongpeople We all have our moments. But you can switch it around. Then you've got the activist type who bases their decisions in the development of a character on what it symbolizes to society - what the ethical code is. Michelle Rodriguez developmentdecisioncharacter Until they come up with an independent woman who's on an adventure of her own, I don't think I'm interested. Michelle Rodriguez independentadventuretravel I wanted to express myself. I wanted to be creative and I didn't want to worry about someone bossing me around in the process. You have to struggle no matter where you are to get to where you're going, so I'm like, working it honey! Michelle Rodriguez creativestruggleworry I was in Jersey when the whole World Trade Center thing happened and I felt powerless. So, I went to Hawaii and did a surf movie. It's kind of fluffy. Michelle Rodriguez hawaiisurfingworld Guys are so predictable. They can't seem to separate fantasy from reality, so I get a lot of bikers and race car drivers hitting on me. They're all just playboys, so they don't interest me. Michelle Rodriguez carracereality I would like to see a fierce Fantasia mixed with Blade Runner, Lord of the Rings, and Star Wars all in one. That's the kind of movies I want to make. Michelle Rodriguez blade-runnerstarswar Going to car racing school was phenomenal. Michelle Rodriguez carracingschool The egos in this industry are incredibly vulnerable and everybody's afraid to wipe out. So everybody plays it safe and everybody tells everybody else how great they are. Michelle Rodriguez wipeegoplay I didn't know how to box so I would have looked like a complete street fighter actually, but what we did have to do was pick up some sides and then just memorize them within two days and go there and audition. Michelle Rodriguez auditionssidestwo I use to watch like maybe three or four movies, five days out of the week. I was a movie buff, but I really didn't know what it was like behind the scenes, or the whole political process of it. Michelle Rodriguez politicalthreewatches I just want that unconditional love, the kind you get with a family member. You might get lucky enough to find that unconditional love in a friend or a lover, but it's very rare. So if I ever have a kid, it'd be so that I could look in those eyes and know that this child is a piece of me and will love me the same way I love, but I think that's selfish of me. Michelle Rodriguez selfishkidschildren I also love the makers of South Park, because they're political, strong, and they're making all of these comments that would get you shot for if you did it in a drama. Michelle Rodriguez politicalstrongdrama When I was about, I'd say, 18 or 19 years old, I wanted to be a part of the CIA just because they know those intimate secrets... So I was just always into knowing. I like to know things. Michelle Rodriguez knowingsecretyears The Dewey decimal system really works. So that's all I needed to know. Elementary school taught me that. Michelle Rodriguez taughtneededschool I knew nothing about the independent film industry. I didn't know much about the industry itself. All I knew was how to watch movies, how to enjoy them, how to hate them, how not to like them. Michelle Rodriguez independenthatewatches
