“I love watching a movie that is smart, that makes me think, that includes me as an audience member, and I especially love it when I know that the people that I'm working with also do that.” PeopleThinkingKnowsAudienceMembersSmart Author:Rosario Dawson
“When you look at the gladiator times or at any of the things in human history, people are and have always been attracted to violence to the point where they're in stadiums still to this day watching people getting stoned to death.” PeopleHumansLooksStillsViolenceThis DayHuman HistoryStadiums Author:Rosario Dawson
“Whenever we do voter registration, we ask, 'Why haven't you voted before?' The response is often, 'No one's asked us.' It's not about telling people what to do - it's about sharing what they can do.” PeopleAsksCan DoHavensResponseVotersRegistrationVoter Registration Author:Rosario Dawson
“I'm a New Yorker, so I have the sort of tough vein that's naturally bred into me. In general, I'm a nice person, and that seems to surprise people sometimes.” PeopleSometimesNiceToughSurpriseNice Person Author:Rosario Dawson
“With the recession, people are having to choose between their cable and their internet connection. And think about it.” PeopleThinkingInternet Author:Rosario Dawson
“When the companies started making made-for-TV movies, people thought it was a fluke. Who would watch that? Because it's in your TV screen and not in a theater. Remember that?” PeopleRemember Author:Rosario Dawson
“Digital distribution is a whole other way of communicating with your fans and giving them content at their leisure. It's like, there are people making music in their igloos on their PDAs. You're going to see the exact same thing with film.” PeopleGivingFilmCommunicate Author:Rosario Dawson
“Back in the day, you'd walk down to a street corner and see some people making a story with a hat in front of them. It's ancient entertainment, ancient storytelling and oral history - now we're doing it on YouTube.” PeopleAncientStorytelling Author:Rosario Dawson
“I think nuance is very important to have in the conversation, nuance that's been lacking for a long time. A lot of voting organizations only exist every four years, putting all this money into "your voice is important!" Wouldn't that be nice, if that's all it took? Voting is the first political action for most people. But if you don't follow up then voting is not actual participation but just a one-off.” PeopleThinkingLongImportantActionPoliticalNiceVotingBeing NiceParticipation Author:Rosario Dawson
“When people start to complain, "Voting doesn't matter," I'm like, the people of Wisconsin weren't boycotting and hitting the streets and blowing up those rooms because voting didn't change those situations for them. That was their livelihood. There's revolution going on all over the world because they actually can't have a voice.” PeopleWorldSituationRevolutionComplainingVoting Author:Rosario Dawson
“The reason we do activism is because, maybe you haven't been raped or abused, but there are millions of people who can't say the same, and when you hear their stories you may be a little bit compelled. And it doesn't have to be dark. In the Congo, there are women who've been raped and re-raped, and they're so powerful, and they can carry trees on their heads, and they're dancing!” PeopleReasonDarkPowerfulTreeDancingActivismCongo Author:Rosario Dawson
“Maybe you just have those impromptu conversations, or where all of the sudden you're standing on the corner waiting to cross the street and you notice three people looking up and you look up with them. And you all smile at each other because you're seeing a little piece of a rainbow between two buildings, and that little rainbow and you all just shared a New York moment, and that's awesome, and then you keep on in your way.” PeopleMomentsWaitingBuildingLook UpRainbow Author:Rosario Dawson
“What's odd about it is that I see it as these moments and then other people, I'll reply to someone, and they're like, "Follow me back, let's be friends!" and I'm like, "See, on the train you have a great conversation between stops and you don't necessarily exchange phone numbers. It's not that deep, actually. Why can't the moment just be what it is?"” PeopleMomentsTrainOddFollow Me Author:Rosario Dawson
“I grew up and I've worked with people who have been very present, a) either always jumping to whatever is most modern technologically advanced sort of thing, or b) people in this industry, like Kevin Smith, who, his communication with his fans is hugely connected to his success. And he was talking about that years ago. And David Bowie was doing that years ago. And Prince was doing that years ago.” PeopleModernCommunication Author:Rosario Dawson
“There have been people who've understood it for a long time, who've gone, okay, this is a medium I get. It's not a phase; it's not a fad; it's actually something quite vital and important, and it's pretty fascinating to watch that.” PeopleLongImportantOkay Author:Rosario Dawson
“I'm in high heels, I'm wearing a fabulous dress, people want me to just smile and talk about my movie because I only have three minutes, and that's my job.” PeopleWant MeHeelsFabulousJust Smile Author:Rosario Dawson
“I do have people who are like, "Yo, I think someone hacked into your Twitter account to talk about census forms." I'm like, "No, that's me." There are people who don't like celebrities who tweet about politics - to whom I say, don't follow me.” PeopleThinkingTweetFollow Me Author:Rosario Dawson
“People watch more documentaries too now. These movies that would normally be shown in these little art houses, and unless you walked by the theater, or happened to read that tiny zine that contained the info for it, or went to a film festival, you might miss it.” PeopleArtFilmHouseMissing Author:Rosario Dawson
“It's extremely important for women to be writing their own stories and giving them to people to really be emotionally impacted by” PeopleGivingWritingImportantStories Author:Rosario Dawson
“People in Hollywood don't have that much sex, or at least I don't.” PeopleSexHollywood Author:Rosario Dawson
“I always thought my jaw line was manly. I have this pockmark on my chin from when I was 9. I used to get freaked out about it because people thought it was a pimple. But those are the things I've become really comfortable with as I've gotten older. My scars.” PeopleUsedLinesComfortableScarChinsManlyPimples Author:Rosario Dawson
