167 Quotes by Michelle Rodriguez

I think empathy is a beautiful thing. I think that’s the power of film though. We have one of the most powerful, one of the greatest communicative tools known to man.

There’s only a handful of directors who really understand what I call the alchemical balance between a man and a woman, in a woman’s body, which most people consider the strong woman character.

I think humans are stupid. We fight and kill each other. I think that’s dumb. Aliens would be smarter than that and wouldn’t approach things on that level. I can’t really fathom it being a negative thing for aliens to visit.

I love action. I love to move my body. Any chance I have to do that in my youth, I’ll definitely jump towards it, for sure.

I’m like, “Well, damn, that means that I have to carry a flag.” I don’t have the freedom to just do anything, because I have the political weight of having this last name and my heritage. It’s not like I’ve transcended, Will Smith-style. It takes a lot to pull that off, to cross over, and transcend.

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.

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.

I’m a video game fan. I played them before I became an actress.

The only place that I’d be worried about being typecast is the independent film world.