There's something about strength that I really admire, that I failed to see a lot of when I was growing up. Michelle Rodriguez More Quotes by Michelle Rodriguez More Quotes From Michelle Rodriguez At school, I was this tomboy kid who just loved to hang out with her friends and learn curse words, trying to fit in with the cool kids and defending all the kids who got picked on. Michelle Rodriguez tryingkidsschool I have absolutely nothing consistent in my life. But that's where serendipity comes in and I love that. One day I'm going to have to sacrifice that to bring life into the world. But the more I can hold off on that, the happier I'll be. It's scary for me. Michelle Rodriguez serendipitysacrificescary I trained with an ex-Navy Seal. We shot a lot of guns. Real bullets... I underwent commando training. Michelle Rodriguez traininggunreal The way I survived growing up in Jersey City was by being funny. It wasn't by being tough. Nobody thought of me as a tough kid, except for the kids I beat up. Michelle Rodriguez growing-upcitieskids The best part of making the movies... learning from the pros themselves. Michelle Rodriguez I've been part of really big things that are amazing, but I haven't taken on that responsibility yet. So I don't want to sell myself short by having a kid and then regret not doing what I set out to do. Michelle Rodriguez regrettakenresponsibility I just never felt like I belonged anywhere. I always had a stick with a little knapsack attached. Michelle Rodriguez feltstickslittles I'm always researching ancient religions, and I was also raised Jehovah's Witness, so that kind of scarred me for life. Michelle Rodriguez jehovahancientkind I just loved storytelling. That's what I thought I would end up doing. I thought I would probably go to school and end up writing for a magazine or something. Michelle Rodriguez magazineswritingschool Basically I was a rebel growing up. I got kicked out of six schools. But I don't think that it makes you less of an intellect. You know, if you ever crave knowledge, there's always a library. Michelle Rodriguez growing-upschoolthinking Milla Jovovich introduced me to [anthropologist and author of the Don Juan series of books involving shamanic peyote rituals] Carlos Castaneda because I was all into the hallucinogens for a minute. Michelle Rodriguez juanpeyotebook I don't see the point of marriage. But when I need my love, I get my love. Michelle Rodriguez needs My dad was more, "Let's play chess. Read a book, you're stupid." He's more the intellectual type. Michelle Rodriguez dadstupidbook It's the board I had a problem with. I could totally handle being in the water and stuff. I came here to do my own stunts. Water! Ocean! Action! Big waves! That water, that water has tamed me. You can feel that the world is connected to it. Michelle Rodriguez boardsoceanwater People don't like talking about it, but if you're Spanish, you feel a weight. Michelle Rodriguez weighttalkingpeople After Cannes every year, I end up going to some foreign country I've never been to before and introducing myself to a new religion - I'll go to Bali and research Hinduism, or I'll go to Thailand and get another tattoo from Thai tattoo artist Ajarn Noo Kanpai. Michelle Rodriguez tattooartistcountry 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!" 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. And then the third type is 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. Michelle Rodriguez powerfulcharacterthinking The roughest thing was learning the realities of the world at such a young age. I was 10 or 11, going to church, hearing the adults standing on the podium talking about world affairs, about history, about war, and how America was founded. Michelle Rodriguez talkingwarreality I think that, if aliens did exist, they would exist at a higher frequency. Being at a higher frequency, you would have to be more evolved than what we consider to be evolved. If there were aliens, I personally believe they would have to resonate at a higher frequency to be able to time travel, or to blink in and out of dimension. Michelle Rodriguez ablebelievethinking I've always been and will always be very private about my personal life. If anything ever goes public, it is by default, because I happened to be in a place where I was being watched. But for the most part, I honestly don't care what people think. I never have. If I did, I'd probably present myself a little more carefully. Michelle Rodriguez carepeoplethinking
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