Author Profile
Gina Rodriguez
American • Actress
36
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Collected Meditations
Showing 36 quotesEvery 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.'— Gina Rodriguez
I can live in L.A. as a struggling artist. I cannot live in New York as a struggling artist.— Gina Rodriguez
I dream big, baby. I want to do thrillers, I want to do smart David Lynch-type mysteries.— Gina Rodriguez
Latinos don't go out and support their own films, but at the same time, it's not their responsibility.— Gina Rodriguez
I don't want the Latino community to think I think the reason Latino films are not doing well is because of us. It is not fully our responsibility.— Gina Rodriguez
This industry is all about work, and just because Sundance exposed me to the world, it is my job to stay deserving in that world. The work never ends; the hustle just get harder, and you get stronger!— Gina Rodriguez
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.— Gina Rodriguez
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.— Gina Rodriguez
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.— Gina Rodriguez
I like to peel it and share it with friends. You can spread the love with an orange.— Gina Rodriguez
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?'— Gina Rodriguez
I do not devalue the role of a maid or nanny, or the stereotypical roles that some members of our family have actually done to feed our families in real life.— Gina Rodriguez
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.— Gina Rodriguez