Rosie Perez

“At home, I'm the silliest cornball who talks way too much and wants to be quiet and left alone at the same time.”

“I have a picture of all of us going to a club with my friends from 'Soul Train.' All the girls just going out to a nightclub, and we're all dressed like we were dressed on 'Soul Train.' It was the most surreal experience for me because I walk into the club with them, and people started screaming. 'Oh my God! It's the 'Soul Train' dancers.'”

“You know, you may not be born in Puerto Rico, but Puerto Rican is definitely born in you.”

“People make me out to be this super strong woman, but I have my tough days just like anyone else.”

“Face dance means you don't know what the hell the rest of your body was doing but your face is fierce. That's face dancing.”

“Certain people who care about me a lot have said 'You don't play the game, and if you don't play the game, you don't get picked for the team all the time.”

“I think I just have this need to be a storyteller. That's why I wasn't a great dancer - I couldn't articulate a story. I was a better choreographer. I have the need to to just express myself in that way. I can't explain it.”

“I knew I was going to be successful from day one. From day one. That's why it throws me whenever someone says it was such a fluke that I was successful.”