76 Quotes by Rosie Perez

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.

As an actor, you may do things that aren’t politically correct. Unless you’re an actor who only does things for political reasons. I believe if we don’t do the good, bad, and the ugly, we’re not going to progress.

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

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

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.

I like the cold weather better than the hot weather.

You have to believe in yourself. You need to have the audacity to be great.

For some reason, I always thought I was special. And for some reason, I always thought that I had a purpose in life: that I was supposed to contribute to the world.

Van Gogh cut off his ear for his art. I'm not tryin' to cut off my ear. I'm not humiliating myself.