Quotes

Here are inspiring quotes that our lovely Rosario have said in magazines, interviews and movies. If you have a favorite quote that you would like here, please contact us.

Personal Quotes

“As an actor there are times when you’re sitting around and wishing you were working, so you’ve got to just take it when it comes.”
“…I don’t stick to one style. It depends on my mood and who I’m hanging out with…”
“In New York, I can give off the vibe that I’m chilling – that I’m out with my peeps… In L.A., people want to find out what your connections are. That’s not cool. You didn’t pay $9.50 at the movie theater to buy me – I’m a lot more expensive than that.”
“If you can touch your tongue to your nose I’m impressed…”
“What I want, and what I’m coming into right now, I think, is my power. That just means getting over the bull-shit of being self-conscious and insecure, and all the things that go along with this business: constant rejection and the way they compare you to people. And the whole idea that I only have so much time and I have to play it very safe. It just fucks with you. I question myself all the time. Why am I in an industry that makes me feel like shit? I know that only I can make me feel like shit, and I’m not going to make myself feel like shit anymore.”
“My family is like a United Colors of Benetton ad. I’ve never seen anything I could identify with as strongly as I can with this story.” – Rosario about the film Rent.
“Race wasn’t an issue for me until I got older and it became an issue for other people.”
“I’ve never been told any reason why I couldn’t do anything I wanted.”
“People in Hollywood don’t have that much sex, or at least I don’t.”
“But it’s interesting to me to see the humanity in the choices they make and how they’re dealing with the same things everyone else deals with.” – Rosario about the characters in Rent.
“When I was a kid, I had this idea that I would have a beard when I got older. I thought it’d be nice to rub my chin.” – Rosario on her manly dreams.
“I feel like the seeds that he planted in me five years ago have ripened up to a place where I could even tackle this role in the way that I did. This was really challenging.” – Rosario on working with Spike Lee again for 25th Hour.
“I’d love to be the first one to say this, but it automatically turns into – we all have those responsibilities that we ignore because we don’t feel like they’re ours.”
“When I win in my pimp hat, it will be a big nice surprise.”
“Spike, dude, if you give this to anybody else, you’re in a lot trouble. Your ass is grass.” – Rosario describing her interest of her role in 25th Hour.
“My mom is very smart and very well read. I couldn’t come home talkin’ like some ghetto bitch, or she’d smack me and send me back out on the street.”
“As an actor, there are times when you’re sitting around and wishing you were working, so you’ve got to just take it when it comes.”
“You can only avoid responsibility for so long.”