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Michelle Rodriguez, born on July 12, 1978, is an American actress known for her roles in action and drama films. She gained widespread acclaim for her performances in 'Girlfight' and the 'Fast & Furious' franchise.

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“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.”

Hollywood Latin Jennifer Rosie Latin Women

Author:Michelle Rodriguez

“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.”

Wells Mean Lasts Political Names Style Crosses Weight Damn Heritage Flags

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

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“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!"”

Thinking Looks Action Film Three Actors Hell Type Ego Ass Action Films

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“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.”

Moments Character Decision Type Development Bases Code Activist Ethical

Author:Michelle Rodriguez

“[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.”

People Giving Long Actors Powerful Type Painful Flying Ass Rats Thespians

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

Stuff Looking Good

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

Want Years Kids Lasts Sacrifice Last Year

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“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.”

Want Bigs Kids Responsibility Taken Havens Regret Sells Big Things

Author:Michelle Rodriguez

“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.”

Years Two Done Kids Wanted School Acting Goes On My Friends Prepared Extras Two Years Auditions Extra Work

Author:Michelle Rodriguez

“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.”

Enough Running Acting Genre Sweat Ghetto Dressed Up Getting Dressed Getting Dressed Up

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

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“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.”

People Thinking Knows Hard Guy Opportunity Voice Havens Directors Ass Relate Kicks Handful Kick Ass

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

People Thinking Wish Interesting Bored Desks Something Interesting

Author:Michelle Rodriguez

“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.”

World I Can Sacrifice One Day Scary Consistent Absolutely Nothing Serendipity

Author:Michelle Rodriguez

“Whenever a female takes a strong stand for herself, the majority of the time they have to really, really narrow it down to being feminine and wearing dresses and just being lipstick chic.”

Strong Fashion Female Dresses Majority Feminine Just Being Lipstick Chic Wearing A Dress

Author:Michelle Rodriguez

“When I was about, I'd say, 18 or 19 years old, I wanted to be a part of the CIA just because they know those intimate secrets... So I was just always into knowing. I like to know things.”

Knows Years Wanted Secret Knowing Intimate Cia

Author:Michelle Rodriguez

“The Dewey decimal system really works. So that's all I needed to know. Elementary school taught me that.”

Knows School Taught Needed Elementary School Decimals

Author:Michelle Rodriguez

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

World Film Independent Worried Independent Film Typecasting

Author:Michelle Rodriguez

“Until they come up with an independent woman who's on an adventure of her own, I don't think I'm interested.”

Thinking Adventure Travel Independent Come Up Funny Travel Independent Women

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“I wanted to express myself. I wanted to be creative and I didn't want to worry about someone bossing me around in the process. You have to struggle no matter where you are to get to where you're going, so I'm like, working it honey!”

Want Matter Wanted Process Worry Struggle Creative Working It Where You Are Honey Be Creative

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“I was in Jersey when the whole World Trade Center thing happened and I felt powerless. So, I went to Hawaii and did a surf movie. It's kind of fluffy.”

World Kind Whole Felt Happened Trade Things Happen Whole World Powerless Hawaii Surfing Jersey Surf World Trade World Trade Center Fluffy

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“I've gone both ways. I do as I please. I am too f**king curious to sit here and not try when I can. Men are intriguing. So are chicks.”

Men Way Trying I Can Gone Kings Please Curious Chicks Intriguing

Author:Michelle Rodriguez

“Guys are so predictable. They can't seem to separate fantasy from reality, so I get a lot of bikers and race car drivers hitting on me. They're all just playboys, so they don't interest me.”

Reality Seems Guy Interest Race Fantasy Car Drivers Hitting Predictable Playboy Race Car Bikers Race Car Driver

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“I went to business school but left after four months because I just didn't want to be a puppet of society, stuck in an office, craving some sunlight.”

Want School Left Four Months Office Stuck Sunlight Craving Puppets Business School

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“The more confidence you have in yourself and the more you believe that you are destined to do what you are gonna do, it will happen.”

Believe Happens Destined

Author:Michelle Rodriguez

“This crazy little party girl who loves to enjoy life actually has a purpose. So, that's really the core of why I've survived so many years and I can go and I can fall down and I can get back up. Why? Because I know why I'm here. That's the question that a lot of people need to answer when they do fall is, 'Why am I here?' If you can answer that question, you'll be able to dust yourself off and shine like a phoenix out of ashes.”

“I don't want people thinking of me sexually. I don't want people to be like, 'She's hot-looking,' you know? I want them to listen to me for what I am saying. And I think the best way to do that is to sniff my armpits, and like, sit and burp every now and then. It just completely throws people off. I had a couple of offers to do some hot scenes in the shower with some guy and to make it real hot and sexy. The next thing you know, I'd be the next J.Lo or something. But that's easy. I want it the hard way.”

People Thinking Knows Way Want Real Hard Guy Next Easy Couple Scene Offers Hot Sexy Best Way Now And Then Showers Sexually Listen To Me Hard Way Armpits Hot And Sexy

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“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.”

Thinking Men Beautiful Film Powerful Talking Known Empathy Tools Most Powerful Beautiful Things

Author:Michelle Rodriguez

“Basically I was a rebel growing up. I got kicked out of six schools. But I don't think that it makes you less of an intellect. You know, if you ever crave knowledge, there's always a library.”

Ifs Thinking Knows School Growing Up Growing Six Library Intellect Rebel Crave

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“The whole surf culture is starting to embrace women a lot more.”

Whole Culture Embrace Starting Surfing Surf

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“The egos in this industry are incredibly vulnerable and everybody's afraid to wipe out. So everybody plays it safe and everybody tells everybody else how great they are.”

Play Industry Fame Safe Ego Vulnerable Wipe

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“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.”

Knows Two Sides Know How Streets Picks Boxes Fighter Auditions Two Days Street Fighter

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“I wanted to write a film and I thought the best way to do so was to train myself within the field... It was just like a cycle of people trying to make it, not making it, doing extra work, and it was pretty depressing in the end.”

People Way Writing Trying Ends Wanted Film Fields Train Best Way Extras Cycles Depressing Extra Work

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“I am looking forward to seeing my buddy Colin represent in front of Pacino. That's sweet.”

Seeing Fronts Sweet Looking Forward Buddy

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“I would like to see a fierce Fantasia mixed with Blade Runner, Lord of the Rings, and Star Wars all in one. That's the kind of movies I want to make.”

Want Kind War Stars Lord Rings Fierce Runners Blades Fantasia Blade Runner

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“I'm a video game fan. I played them before I became an actress.”

Games Fans Actresses Video

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“They didn't train me to be in the ring for five and a half hours punching air. So, it was hard, I had to get some body contact in there somewhere, it was mostly body shots and stuff. I had no clue, really.”

Hard Body Stuff Hours Half Five Air Shots Train Rings Contact Clue Half Hours Punching

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“My favorite part of my body is my brain. I think no matter what my body looks like I wont be satisfied unless I know how to use it.”

Thinking Knows Looks Matter Use Body Brain Know How No Matter What My Favorite Satisfied

Author:Michelle Rodriguez

“It's the board I had a problem with. I could totally handle being in the water and stuff. I came here to do my own stunts. Water! Ocean! Action! Big waves! That water, that water has tamed me. You can feel that the world is connected to it.”

World Feels Problem Bigs Action Stuff Water My Own Ocean Wave Connected Handle Boards Tamed

Author:Michelle Rodriguez

“I knew nothing about the independent film industry. I didn't know much about the industry itself. All I knew was how to watch movies, how to enjoy them, how to hate them, how not to like them.”

Knows Film Hate Enjoy Watches Industry Independent Independent Film Film Industry Watch Movie

Author:Michelle Rodriguez

“I was born in Texas and I lived there 'till I was 8. Then I moved to the Dominican Republic with my mom, lived there for two years and forgot every word of English I knew.”

Years Two Born Mom Moved My Mom Two Years Republic Texas Dominican Republic

Author:Michelle Rodriguez

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Born: July 12, 1978
Known for: Actress
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