Nadine Velazquez

“I don't usually like a smoky eye; if there is any smokiness, it's got to be a light color.”

“Hi, I'm Nadine Velazquez, and my green tip is: recycle.”

“We spend so much of our lives not feeling but doing, doing, doing, and movies remind us that we are human. That life is all the things we see, and yet there is beauty there. There's a celebration of life and all of its intricacies. Movies are magnificent.”

“I went to a girls' school, and it was awful. The combination of my teenage anger and their jealousy meant I was always getting into fights. There was a lot of pulling of hair and scratching of faces and rolling around on the floor.”

“I'd seen 'Punky Brewster,' I'd seen 'Webster,' I saw 'Annie,' and it was time to either be an orphan or an actress.”

“My dream role would be to act with Denzel again!”

“I want to move people, stir something within them that makes them feel. That's what a movie should do and an actor should do, make you feel something. I think that's why people love films so much.”

“I have started my own foundation. It's called Follow Your Art. It's at its infancy but my goal is to mentor teenage girls through one of the most difficult times in their lives.”

“I got kicked out of a club for sticking up for my sister. And I got into a fight that was basically hair pulling and rolling around on the gym floor. The fights make me sound like a hell-raiser, but I'm not proud of them.”

“I love acting and I have a need to do it, even when the business is down.”

“I'm very comfortable being naked. It's one of my favorite things to do.”

“Things aren't always clear at the beginning of a relationship. Be up-front. Don't play on her confusion or vulnerability. Women want and appreciate clarity.”

“I would love to be a guys' girl, but they always end up falling in love with me, so I'm a girls' girl instead. I've tried having friendly relationships with men, but it ends up being impossible, and I've been around the block too many times not to see it coming.”

“When I die, I want to be buried in a long long-sleeve black Ralph Lauren dress and brown chunky boots. I want my hair styled like his models, long hair that flows. I also want natural makeup with a light pink lip.”

“I have a real taste for doing action roles. I starred in a movie called 'Blast,' which was my first action film, and I loved the fighting - I think I've got the build, the attitude and the look for it.”

“Whatever's missing in your relationship, including a marriage, is what you're not bringing to it.”

“It's true - women want the fantasy. So give them romance - but without the desperation, wondering, and waiting you see in the movies.”

“My party trick is that I ask everybody questions. I'm just nosey.”

“I'm attracted to men who just love what they do, have confidence in what they do and have potential to be on their own if they need to be.”

“I want Prince to see something I do and call me and ask me to be on an album or if I want to dance!”