Quotes of Actress Rosie Perez
Oh, the humor! It's hysterical. And it's smart and goofy at the same time, kind of like a Neil Simon play or a Mel Brooks movie. I read it over and over again, and it changed me in the way of storytelling, seeing things differently.
- Rosie Perez
In movies, you shoot out of sequence, so the issue of reality is really taken out of it.
- Rosie Perez
In movies, you have a production assistant carrying your chair around and getting you coffee. In theater, no one carries your chair, no one gets you your coffee, there's no craft service, there's no per diem. The only thing that is provided for you is coffee, tea, sugar and milk. It doesn't matter how big a star you are or whatever.
- Rosie Perez
The racism, the sexism, I never let it be my problem, it's their problem. If I see a door coming my way, I'm knockin' it down. And if I can't knock down the door, I'm sliding through the window. I've never let it stop me from what I wanna do.
- Rosie Perez
My aunt had five children of her own, and we all lived together in four rooms. I loved getting into bed with my aunt and listening to her tell me things. She taught me who I am.
- Rosie Perez
We're a peaceful, loving people, until you push a Puerto Rican against a wall. Then it's hold up, it's on. The Vieques protest personified that I felt a part of things.
- Rosie Perez
The biggest struggle I had was having people recognize I was an intelligent human being. They thought that since I had an accent, I must be stupid.
- Rosie Perez