Gina Rodriguez Quotes

I love telling stories that allow people to be less afraid to tell theirs.

I grew up dancing salsa - you know, a traditional Puerto Rican dance.

I've learned a lot about what kind of actor I want or do not want to be while being on set. I sit back and observe how other actors treat the totem pole of set politics.

Being half Jewish, we grew up with Christmas trees but had Jewish ornaments.

I've been very lucky; God has done amazing things for me.

I learned a lot from Ana Ortiz, who plays my sister in 'Sleeping with the Fishes'.

When I got out of college, I booked a movie called 'Go for It!' with Lionsgate, came out here, and I've been acting ever since - or trying, constantly trying.

I can live in L.A. as a struggling artist. I cannot live in New York as a struggling artist.

Acting is how I'll be able to change how Latinos are viewed in media and change how little girls see and talk about themselves.

What makes characters real are details, and if you're crafting a person from scratch, you're probably not going to pay as much attention to a question like, 'Does this person bite their nails?'

I went to college at NYU for acting, since acting was my dream from very young. I did a lot of hip-hop courses while I was there. I helped co-write a hip-hop production for the main stage of NYU, but I never touched rap.

With each dream accomplished, bigger ones are put in their place.

I grew up in Chicago, so hip-hop has always been a part of my life.

I am not going to take a role because there's money. It might extend my checkbook, but not my integrity.

I was a salsa dancer for the majority of my life, from, like, 7 to 17, and did the World Salsa Congresses. I realized that I wanted to continue obviously to be a performer. But in my household, being an actor and jumping into acting is not really accepted.

What I will not do is continue to perpetuate stereotypes. I'm the daughter of a maid; why do I have to also play a maid? My mom was a maid so I didn't have to be a maid.

others will fall longer and harder." Gina Lindley

Every morning, my dad would have me looking in the mirror and repeat, 'Today is going to be a great day; I can, and I will.'

I started performing very young as a salsa dancer, and every time I was on that stage dancing, all I knew was that I wanted to speak. I wanted the music to stop, and I wanted to speak.

I love relatable stories.

I like to peel it and share it with friends. You can spread the love with an orange.

I started salsa dancing with a few different companies and started touring the country. It was fantastic, but I realized that I really wanted to talk every time we were performing. That's a problem because when you're dancing, if you stop to talk, that's not really cool to the other dancers.

I try to keep in mind that it's a long journey. It's not a race. It's about staying focused, continuing to do good work, make my family and community proud; that's all I really want to do ... and pay my bills.

I will play the characters with last names like Sanchez and Gonzalez until the day I die, but I also want to play the 'Michelle Smiths.'