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Top 20 Rosie Perez Quotes (2025 Update)

Rosie Perez Quote: “You know, you may not be born in Puerto Rico, but Puerto Rican is definitely born in you.”

1. “You know, you may not be born in Puerto Rico, but Puerto Rican is definitely born in you.”

— Rosie Perez

Rosie Perez Quote: “Sometimes when you win, you really lose. And sometimes when you lose, you really win. And sometimes when you win or lose, you actually tie. And sometimes when you tie, you actually win or lose. Winning or losing is all one organic mechanism, from which one extracts what one needs.”

2. “Sometimes when you win, you really lose. And sometimes when you lose, you really win. And sometimes when you win or lose, you actually tie. And sometimes when you tie, you actually win or lose. Winning or losing is all one organic mechanism, from which one extracts what one needs.”

— Rosie Perez

Rosie Perez Quote: “I am a positive person. I never think of the glass as half empty. I just keep pushing forward.”

3. “I am a positive person. I never think of the glass as half empty. I just keep pushing forward.”

— Rosie Perez

Rosie Perez Quote: “You never understand how dear your privacy is until you lose it.”

4. “You never understand how dear your privacy is until you lose it.”

— Rosie Perez

Rosie Perez Quote: “If we can’t look at the good, bad and ugly of who we are, we are never going to progress as people – ever.”

5. “If we can’t look at the good, bad and ugly of who we are, we are never going to progress as people – ever.”

— Rosie Perez

Rosie Perez Quote: “I don’t call myself Latin, I call myself Puerto Rican.”

6. “I don’t call myself Latin, I call myself Puerto Rican.”

— Rosie Perez

Rosie Perez Quote: “In my circle of friends, I’ve always been loud and funny and talkative. But as soon as I step out of that circle, I get very quiet and introspective. I don’t want the spotlight on me.”

7. “In my circle of friends, I’ve always been loud and funny and talkative. But as soon as I step out of that circle, I get very quiet and introspective. I don’t want the spotlight on me.”

— Rosie Perez

Rosie Perez Quote: “As far as a Latin explosion, I’m sorry, I’m the only Latino who’s going to say it, but there is no Latin explosion. I’m sorry. Four or five top box office people do not make it an explosion, and it’s disgusting to me that people will perceive it that way.”

8. “As far as a Latin explosion, I’m sorry, I’m the only Latino who’s going to say it, but there is no Latin explosion. I’m sorry. Four or five top box office people do not make it an explosion, and it’s disgusting to me that people will perceive it that way.”

— Rosie Perez

Rosie Perez Quote: “Own it. Just take it and say, ‘Yes I will be great, I am going to be great.’ Great doesn’t mean being a movie star, great doesn’t mean having millions of dollars. Great means being able to be confident, strong, and a solid human being that has dignity and integrity. That is great.”

9. “Own it. Just take it and say, ‘Yes I will be great, I am going to be great.’ Great doesn’t mean being a movie star, great doesn’t mean having millions of dollars. Great means being able to be confident, strong, and a solid human being that has dignity and integrity. That is great.”

— Rosie Perez

Rosie Perez Quote: “You can learn steps, but you cannot learn how to boogie.”

10. “You can learn steps, but you cannot learn how to boogie.”

— Rosie Perez

Rosie Perez Quote: “The majority of Latin actresses in Hollywood were always playing either spitfires or maids. Now here is a woman who comes in and does leads opposite white people and black people and other Spanish people, and she’s comfortable in her skin? Gasp! How dare she?”

11. “The majority of Latin actresses in Hollywood were always playing either spitfires or maids. Now here is a woman who comes in and does leads opposite white people and black people and other Spanish people, and she’s comfortable in her skin? Gasp! How dare she?”

— Rosie Perez

Rosie Perez Quote: “Women of color: if you’re over 40 and you get fat, you will work. But if you’re hot and over 40 and a woman of color, they don’t know what to do with you.”

12. “Women of color: if you’re over 40 and you get fat, you will work. But if you’re hot and over 40 and a woman of color, they don’t know what to do with you.”

— Rosie Perez

Rosie Perez Quote: “As an actor, you may do things that aren’t politically correct. Unless you’re an actor who only does things for political reasons. I believe if we don’t do the good, bad, and the ugly, we’re not going to progress.”

13. “As an actor, you may do things that aren’t politically correct. Unless you’re an actor who only does things for political reasons. I believe if we don’t do the good, bad, and the ugly, we’re not going to progress.”

— Rosie Perez

Rosie Perez Quote: “I started lying about my age when I was 18 to be older. When I turned 21, I started lying that I was 18. It’s a weakness in me.”

14. “I started lying about my age when I was 18 to be older. When I turned 21, I started lying that I was 18. It’s a weakness in me.”

— Rosie Perez

Rosie Perez Quote: “I didn’t appreciate Brooklyn until I left it.”

15. “I didn’t appreciate Brooklyn until I left it.”

— Rosie Perez

Rosie Perez Quote: “Face dance means you don’t know what the hell the rest of your body was doing but your face is fierce. That’s face dancing.”

16. “Face dance means you don’t know what the hell the rest of your body was doing but your face is fierce. That’s face dancing.”

— Rosie Perez

Rosie Perez Quote: “In movies, you shoot out of sequence, so the issue of reality is really taken out of it.”

17. “In movies, you shoot out of sequence, so the issue of reality is really taken out of it.”

— Rosie Perez

Rosie Perez Quote: “I did not try to conform to anybody’s ideal of what a Latin celebrity or movie star should be. I took a lot of hits for it.”

18. “I did not try to conform to anybody’s ideal of what a Latin celebrity or movie star should be. I took a lot of hits for it.”

— Rosie Perez

Rosie Perez Quote: “I think I just have this need to be a storyteller. That’s why I wasn’t a great dancer – I couldn’t articulate a story. I was a better choreographer. I have the need to to just express myself in that way. I can’t explain it.”

19. “I think I just have this need to be a storyteller. That’s why I wasn’t a great dancer – I couldn’t articulate a story. I was a better choreographer. I have the need to to just express myself in that way. I can’t explain it.”

— Rosie Perez

Rosie Perez Quote: “A lot of women feel ashamed to be weak.”

20. “A lot of women feel ashamed to be weak.”

— Rosie Perez

Rosie Perez Quote: “I get bored in Hollywood.”

21. “I get bored in Hollywood.”

— Rosie Perez

Rosie Perez Quote: “I want to be in shape.”

22. “I want to be in shape.”

— Rosie Perez

Rosie Perez Quote: “I was very willing to take on controversial roles that people didn’t really want to look at.”

23. “I was very willing to take on controversial roles that people didn’t really want to look at.”

— Rosie Perez

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