Ana de Armas

“When I was 13, I auditioned for the theater school, and I was there for four years. In the meantime, I did my first three movies, all in Cuba.”

“I try not to look too far ahead. I'm more about living day to day and working hard. I think it's great to visualize a dream, but it's more important to make it come true with your efforts.”

“I've always been very ambitious, and I always knew that I wanted something else. Cuba was a good start, but I knew I wasn't going to develop a real career, and I wanted to get closer to filmmakers that I wanted to work with.”

“Everyone deserves the opportunity to fight for the part they want.”

“When I moved to L.A. and had my first meeting with my agents, they asked me what I wanted for my career. And I didn't speak English at the time, but I did say, 'I wanna be Ryan Gosling as a woman.' So I got very excited to play opposite him.”

“I put a lot of trust in my stylist, Micaela Erlanger.”

“I want to try as many different roles as I can. I want to do everything.”

“The sets were incredible. You would walk in at 6 in the morning, and we were really living in 'Blade Runner.'”

“I want to show how strong and smart women are. We go through so much. We need to see that on screen. Those female parts are not many, but they are out there, and I have to find some. I want that chance.”

“I'm ambitious in a good way. I've never wanted to settle as long as I've thought there's more.”

“I think women, we are very interesting. We have a lot to say, and sometimes it's frustrating how all the lead parts are for men.”

“The first 'Blade Runner' is a cool movie. It's a classic. Just to be part of the sequel was such an honor and a beautiful learning experience.”

“My grandparents were from Spain, and I had a Spanish passport.”

“It's hard to explain to my parents what's going on. You can't compare Hollywood with Cuba. I didn't even know I could dream this.”

“My childhood memories are amazing; I had freedom in every way - but I see everything from a different perspective now that I live outside.”

“Moving to L.A. was hard. I had a career in Spain, and you have to forget your ego. I was a nobody again.”

“I don't like feeling stuck, like I'm not going anywhere.”

“It always depends on who you work with. It is not about the budget, not about the countries but about people.”

“I don't mind playing someone's girlfriend or wife if I have something to say, if I bring something to the picture, if I can be strong and powerful and say smart things. If not, then it's just boring.”

“I moved to Madrid with 200 bucks in my pocket to see what was going to happen. Of course, I didn't know that 200 euros was nothing, because in Cuba, 200 was a lot, and the money I had been saving from my movies.”