Quotes by Michelle Rodriguez

About Michelle Rodriguez:

Mayte Michelle Rodriguez is an American actress, screenwriter and DJ. She got her breakout role as a troubled boxer in the independent film Girlfight (2000), which was met with critical acclaim and earned her several awards, including the Independent Spirit Award and Gotham Award for Best Debut Performance. The following year, she starred as Letty Ortiz in the blockbuster film The Fast and the Furious (2001), reprising her role in its sequels, Fast & Furious (2009), Fast & Furious 6 (2013) and Furious 7 (2015).
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I want them to listen to me for what I am saying. And I think the best way to do that is to sniff my armpits, and like, sit and burp every now and then.

Michelle Rodriguez

I wanted to write a film and I thought the best way to do so was to train myself within the field... It was just like a cycle of people trying to make it, not making it, doing extra work, and it was pretty depressing in the end.

Michelle Rodriguez

The best part of making the movies... learning from the pros themselves.

Michelle Rodriguez

I am looking forward to seeing my buddy Colin represent in front of Pacino. That's sweet.

Michelle Rodriguez

When I was about, I'd say, 18 or 19 years old, I wanted to be a part of the CIA just because they know those intimate secrets... So I was just always into knowing. I like to know things.

Michelle Rodriguez

I didn't know how to box so I would have looked like a complete street fighter actually, but what we did have to do was pick up some sides and then just memorize them within two days and go there and audition.

Michelle Rodriguez

They didn't train me to be in the ring for five and a half hours punching air. So, it was hard, I had to get some body contact in there somewhere, it was mostly body shots and stuff. I had no clue, really.

Michelle Rodriguez

People forget we come from an embryo and we're part sperm and part ovary. We have both sides in us.

Michelle Rodriguez

The Dewey decimal system really works. So that's all I needed to know. Elementary school taught me that.

Michelle Rodriguez

I wanted to express myself. I wanted to be creative and I didn't want to worry about someone bossing me around in the process. You have to struggle no matter where you are to get to where you're going, so I'm like, working it honey!

Michelle Rodriguez

I just decided to play make believe, memorize it like it was just some kind of song and just take the emotion out of the words. And I did. I goofed a couple of times.

Michelle Rodriguez

It's the board I had a problem with. I could totally handle being in the water and stuff. I came here to do my own stunts. Water! Ocean! Action! Big waves! That water, that water has tamed me. You can feel that the world is connected to it.

Michelle Rodriguez

I'm a video game fan. I played them before I became an actress.

Michelle Rodriguez

I do have a delicate side.

Michelle Rodriguez

I was in Jersey when the whole World Trade Center thing happened and I felt powerless. So, I went to Hawaii and did a surf movie. It's kind of fluffy.

Michelle Rodriguez

The only place that I'd be worried about being typecast is the independent film world.

Michelle Rodriguez

Until they come up with an independent woman who's on an adventure of her own, I don't think I'm interested.

Michelle Rodriguez

Going to car racing school was phenomenal.

Michelle Rodriguez

Basically I was a rebel growing up. I got kicked out of six schools. But I don't think that it makes you less of an intellect. You know, if you ever crave knowledge, there's always a library.

Michelle Rodriguez

Whenever a female takes a strong stand for herself, the majority of the time they have to really, really narrow it down to being feminine and wearing dresses and just being lipstick chic.

Michelle Rodriguez

Author Bio

  • NameMichelle Rodriguez
  • DescriptionAmerican actress, screenwriter, and DJ
  • BornJuly 12, 1978
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Television Actor; Film Actor; Voice Actor