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 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 only a handful of directors who really understand what I call the alchemical balance between a man and a woman, in a woman's body, which most people consider the strong woman character.
I don't like weak women and I don't find it interesting to play them. I'm inspired by them, when I see them in dramas, like with Natalie Portman, in almost every movie she's in. It's awesome that chicks can really go there, and it's beautiful to watch, but I don't think I'm interested, in any way, shape or form, in embodying those creatures.
There's something about strength that I really admire, that I failed to see a lot of when I was growing up.
I'd stare up at the sky and just dream a lot. Still do. I dreamed that I didn't belong here, that I was going to travel a lot.
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.
When I was about 11, 12, we moved to Jersey City. Everywhere I go I'm an outsider.
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.
You have to struggle no matter where you are to get to where you're going.
To get out of getting up at 5 in the morning, I'm gonna do Howard Stern next week. This time I'm ready. I've got some good comebacks.
People forget we come from an embryo and we're part sperm and part ovary. We have both sides in us.