American - Actress | September 6, 1964 -
I had a ball on 'Soul Train.'
Rosie Perez
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I was a ward of the state, initially, and then in the foster care system for quite some time, even though I did live part-time with my aunt in Brooklyn.
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Hollywood's racist.
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Therapy is not a 'white thing.' It's a clinical thing.
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I used to get recognized quite often as being a 'Soul Train' dancer. Quite often, which was great at times but sometimes was not so great. Especially, back at college, it was not so great. It was pretty tough.
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Don Cornelius did not want to see how I really danced - I was doing hip-hop, and it was foreign to people out in California. They only knew about popping and locking, so they were not keen on hip-hop dancing.
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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.
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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.'
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Van Gogh cut off his ear for his art. I'm not tryin' to cut off my ear. I'm not humiliating myself.
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My first TV experience, it was so bad. I just didn't feel a creative atmosphere. I felt like we were just pawns to deliver lines. Everyone was telling me that's just television. I said, 'OK, I'm going to stay far away from television!
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I don't watch TV series, but I watched 'Friday Night Lights' because I'm a sports head.
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Puerto Ricans are United States citizens, and I think that the issue of statehood or independence needs to be addressed and needs to be resolved.
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