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.
From Rosie Perez
I don't call myself Latin, I call myself Puerto Rican.
If we can't look at the good, bad and ugly of who we are, we are never going to progress as people - ever.
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.
We all like indie directors - heck, I even married one... but we're divorced now.
I started lying about my age when I was 18 to be older. When I turned 21, I started lying that I was 18. It's a weakness in me.
I see explicit covers on magazines, and they're getting even more explicit, and it's like, Are women being empowered, or is this just what sells magazines? Are they feeling pressured, or have they really come into themselves and are saying, 'I am woman, hear me roar?'
As far as a Latin explosion, I'm sorry, I'm the only Latino who's going to say it, but there is no Latin explosion. I'm sorry. Four or five top box office people do not make it an explosion, and it's disgusting to me that people will perceive it that way.
In movies, you shoot out of sequence, so the issue of reality is really taken out of it.
Certain people who care about me a lot have said 'You don't play the game, and if you don't play the game, you don't get picked for the team all the time.
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