Latest Michelle Rodriguez Quotes from Interviews

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• 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

  Sacrifice, Scary, Serendipity

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• There's a voice inside of me that I know people will relate to; I just haven't really had the opportunity to let it flourish. To sit there and explain to a guy what it's like to be a kick-ass woman is hard. I think there're only a handful of directors out there that get it.

  Michelle Rodriguez

  Thinking, Opportunity, Voice

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I wish that something interesting would come across the desk. I'm bored by what people think is interesting.

  Michelle Rodriguez

  Thinking, People, Interesting

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• 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

  Running, Ghetto, Sweat

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I don't have an agent. The only work I get is through friendships that I've already built.

  Michelle Rodriguez

  Agents, Built

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I'd done two years' worth of extra work, and all my friends who I would go on auditions with went to school for acting. These were kids who knew when they were 14 years old that this was what they wanted to do with their lives, and they prepared for it, and they're getting canned at every audition.

  Michelle Rodriguez

  Kids, School, Two

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I wouldn't want to sacrifice the last years that I have of being youthful in this business to have kids.

  Michelle Rodriguez

  Kids, Sacrifice, Years

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• 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

  Regret, Taken, Responsibility

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• [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

  Powerful, Long, People

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I've never really been about looking good - I'm just bad at that stuff.

  Michelle Rodriguez

  Stuff, Looking Good

  Interview with Milla Jovovich, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 12, 2015.

• 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

  Thinking, Ego, Three

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• 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

  Character, Decision, Development

  Interview with Milla Jovovich, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 12, 2015.

• I'm stubborn. I'm hardheaded. I don't do what I don't want to do.

  Michelle Rodriguez

  Stubborn, Want

  Interview with Milla Jovovich, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 12, 2015.

• 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.

  Michelle Rodriguez

  Mean, Names, Political

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• People don't like talking about it, but if you're Spanish, you feel a weight.

  Michelle Rodriguez

  Talking, People, Weight

  Interview with Milla Jovovich, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 12, 2015.

• I don't have much history - I've got Rosie Perez, Jennifer Lopez, Rita Moreno. That's it. That's the history of Latin women in Hollywood, really.

  Michelle Rodriguez

  Latin, Hollywood, Rosie

  Interview with Milla Jovovich, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 12, 2015.

• 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

  Writing, School, Magazines

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• 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

  Writing, Vcr, House

  Interview with Milla Jovovich, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 12, 2015.

• I just never felt like I belonged anywhere. I always had a stick with a little knapsack attached.

  Michelle Rodriguez

  Littles, Sticks, Felt

  Interview with Milla Jovovich, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 12, 2015.

• I thought about making movies. It hit me when I was about 14, 15 years old.

  Michelle Rodriguez

  Years

  Interview with Milla Jovovich, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 12, 2015.

• I had older brothers who would pick on me, and injustice always boiled my blood.

  Michelle Rodriguez

  Brother, Blood, Injustice

  Interview with Milla Jovovich, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 12, 2015.

• When I was about 11, 12, we moved to Jersey City. Everywhere I go I'm an outsider.

  Michelle Rodriguez

  Cities, Outsiders, Jersey

  Interview with Milla Jovovich, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 12, 2015.

• I'd stare up at the sky and just dream a lot. Still do. I dreamed that I didn't belong here, that I was going to travel a lot.

  Michelle Rodriguez

  Dream, Sky, Staring

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• My dad was more, "Let's play chess. Read a book, you're stupid." He's more the intellectual type.

  Michelle Rodriguez

  Dad, Stupid, Book

  Interview with Milla Jovovich, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 12, 2015.

• 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 Up, Cities, Interesting

  Interview with Milla Jovovich, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 12, 2015.