A biography for Rashida Joneshasn’t been written yet.
“You can't be an openly gay movie star. You can't be an openly gay pop star, really - minus Ricky Martin.”
“I don't want to be an artist, go on tour and make a video and wear sexy clothes. I would just love to make music.”
“I kind of understand now why people freak out when they see celebrities that they love, because that's how I feel about every single Muppet.”
“I have a father who came from nothing and conquered the world. The last thing I'm going to do is sit here and spend his money and try to look pretty. That's not interesting to me at all.”
“I had a nickname in junior high, and I'm loathe to say this: 'potato lady.'”
“I don't like expectations.”
“People are not enjoying life because they're trying to be something or brand themselves.”
“Music is hugely important to me.”
“I am generally cast as the dependable, affable, loving, friend-wife-girlfriend.”
“I think part of being an adult is leaving the fairytale behind.”
“Just because a situation is grim doesn't mean you don't have every right to smile.”
“In college, I had a lot of friends who were writers and wanted to be writers and I felt intimidated by it. I just didn't know if I had any gift or voice and I had no confidence about it.”
“It's very challenging to learn something new as an adult.”
“I probably wouldn't be acting if I didn't grow up in Hollywood.”
“For the most part, it is really nice when people come up to me, because I do think that people who are awkward relate to me, and that's really nice. It's generally good.”
“I feel like there is this weird thing where celebrity involvement in political campaigns kind of goes together like peanut butter and chocolate. Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad.”
“I think every girl has that a guy she has trouble letting go of.”
“In early high school years, I was pretty chubby, and I spent a lot of time on my computer, before it was cool to have a computer - because there was a time that was true. So that's where I developed my personality.”
“Music breaks my heart constantly.”
“I'm a comedy geek so anything comedy related, whether that's standup shows, improv shows, I'm all over that. That's my favorite way to be entertained always.”