"We're not tree huggers we're tree humpers. It's hotter."

"It's hard to be in a relationship when you're in this business. Guys don't want to paddle along as if they're your lap dog."

"A lot of people really aren't open to seeing strong female characters out there. And when they are seen, they have to be some sort of sex symbol. But I just think it's important for you to see it as a voice, and to listen to it as a voice, and to really let it seep in. And I'm gonna keep throwing that kind of attitude in people's faces until they learn to accept it."

"Yeah, it's important to all those people who think that there are no films coming out with Spanish female characters who aren't maids. There's lot of angry people out there, both black and hispanic, saying that there aren't enough films with characters like these. Spanish people need to start writing better roles for themselves, not just roles on racism. We've seen those films already. We have to get past that and write films about life."

"The egos in this industry are incredibly vulnerable and everybody's afraid to wipe out. So everybody plays it safe and everybody tells everybody else how great they are."

"No matter what, people are so narrow minded that it won't ever be Michelle Rodriguez the actress, it will always be Michelle Rodriguez the latin actress. And it's just something that I have to live with, because of the fact that people need labels to understand things. I can't even get into this ignorance that I'm dealing with. So, I just ignore it, you know? Ignore the ignorance."

"I used to think they really meant what they said in those interviews and then you get inside and you see these actors and how bitchy they are and how they think they're God."

"I just think people need to open their minds to it, and just stop trying to hold other people down."

"People take me the wrong way - either I wanna f-ck you or I hate your guts. I'm just a big misunderstood love-ball."

"Basically I was a rebel growing up. I got kicked out of five schools. But I don't think that it makes you less of an intellect. You know, if you ever crave knowledge, there's always a library. The Dewey decimal system really works. So that's all I needed to know. Elementary school taught me that - but from then on, it's all me."

"It’s all about communication, man. To be understood I think is the hardest thing."

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