Michelle Rodriguez
Michelle Rodriguez
Mayte Michelle "Michelle" Rodríguez, is an American actress, screenwriter, and DJ. She got her breakout role as a troubled boxer in the independent film Girlfight, 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, reprising her role in its sequels, Fast & Furious, Fast & Furious 6and Furious 7...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth12 July 1978
CitySan Antonio, TX
CountryUnited States of America
I just never felt like I belonged anywhere. I always had a stick with a little knapsack attached.
There was a lot of drama in school because, well, people have problems at home and they take it out on their friends in school. Trying to impress people, they became bullies. I hated it because I know what it's like to be picked on, and I never liked not fitting in, especially moving around so much as a kid because I was an Army brat. My dad was in the Army.
I'm stubborn. I'm hardheaded. I don't do what I don't want to do.
I don't have an agent. The only work I get is through friendships that I've already built.
I do what I want, when I want, how I want, and because of that, it has taken me so long to grow into an adult human being.
I'm always researching ancient religions, and I was also raised Jehovah's Witness, so that kind of scarred me for life.
I was hanging out in gers [yurts] with these Kazakh sort of Bedouins. Drank nasty-ass camel milk. The drive [from the Souther Gobi to Ulan Bator] is insane. It's like The Road.
There's something about strength that I really admire, that I failed to see a lot of when I was growing up.
The way I survived growing up in Jersey City was by being funny. It wasn't by being tough. Nobody thought of me as a tough kid, except for the kids I beat up.
It's nice having a heart and a pussy too!
We have a daily schedule we follow. They adjust to it and they follow it. They enjoy being in school.
When you make a film, you have to follow filmmaking rules. Like, a soundtrack... can get in the way of the serenity of the game.
To make a video game come to life was definitely a childhood fetish of mine. I have to admit there's not much substance there, but it was fun.
People forget we come from an embryo and we're part sperm and part ovary. We have both sides in us.