Patricia Velasquez Quotes

I try to go through it [emotional pain]; understanding is going to take me to a better place. And I do hot yoga.

We [Latinos] must be proud. We have the same rights in the U.S. as anybody else. Instead of crying and getting upset about visa problems and having our families come join us, go fight for your rights. Make yourself a productive individual in the society.

So struggling for work here has been very good for me, but it's also been very hard to handle rejection.

Anything that propels me to create, like [my book, Straight Walk]. It kept me inspired for almost four years.

I think if I could have a boyfriend like my brothers I'd be really happy. But without the brother thing.

People say many things, but at the end of the day people can say what they want.

I used to be a dancer, and for me it was a really good combination of dance and acting.

I enjoyed working as a model a lot as it let me travel and I got to do some really interesting projects.

It is possible to have second chances. When I thought everything was lost, when I reached bottom and things didn't go my way, the universe gave me a second chance.

Every time you play a bad girl or guy in a movie, you really come from a place of pain.

Kids suffering, with no opportunities for lack of having their basic human needs [met], like food, health, and education, but at the same time, [it] motivates me to keep fighting for them, for the ones less fortunate.

Always work hard, be honest, and be proud of who you are.

You need a routine, to be able to spend some time with a person, and my lifestyle is constantly on the move.

It takes one person to give you a big chance.

The universe always gives you what you need to grow into the person you are destined to become.

If there is one creature that represents my essence, it's butterflies.

There was a time when I used to live in Spain that it went really crazy with drugs and stuff like that.