I don’t believe actors who say they don’t bleed into their characters. It’s absolutely impossible not to.
I am fluent in Spanish and I understand French, Italian and Portuguese.
Every character has their reasons – even the characters who do dumb things.
Call me crazy – I love elk meat!
There’s nobody on this earth who can tell you that what you’re feeling is wrong. They can tell you it’s different to what they’re feeling.
I’m a very feminine person, but I have this hard shell, man, and I stay focused and don’t take things personally.
I don’t like things like little sandals that look fragile. I like to look strong and commanding.
I never really watched the TV series.
I’m very accepting with my age. It’s like notches on your belt: experience, wisdom, and a different kind of beauty. There comes a day when you’ve become comfortable in your skin.
It gets pretty boring when all you are is the support system for a male character.
I love wearing men’s clothing and underwear.
Where people really base their principles has nothing to do with the color of someone’s skin, it has to do with money and their class.
Growing up, my dolls were doctors and on secret missions. I had Barbie Goes Rambo.
I never like to get political, but when you have the ability, through your media, to influence a large mass of people, I would want to be a part of the evolving cycle of progress vs. keeping things the way that they are.
I just want to be a part of great stories, whether I’m part of an amazing ensemble cast or I’m leading it or the antagonist or whatever.
In Caribbean there is no middle class: you’re either rich or you’re poor. And the ladder to success is not really a ladder, it’s a chain; once you reach a certain level, you can’t go back and you can only keep going forward.
I don’t understand labels. I don’t need anybody to tell me I’m Latina or black or anything else. I’ve played characters that were written for Caucasian females, I just want to be given the same consideration as everybody else, and so far that has been happening.
I want to be in the small percentage of women who don’t settle for conventional roles.
Science fiction is a genre that no everyone is keen on watching.
I’m a girl from Queens. I’ve never gone, ‘What am I doing today? Oh, I’m gonna grab a gun and learn how to use it.’