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I knew nothing about the indep...

I knew nothing about the independent film industry. I didn't know much about the industry itself. All I knew was how to watch movies, how to enjoy them, how to hate them, how not to like them.

Michelle Rodriguez 158 quotes

I was born in Texas and I live...

I was born in Texas and I lived there 'till I was 8. Then I moved to the Dominican Republic with my mom, lived there for two years and forgot every word of English I knew.

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They didn't train me to be in ...

They didn't train me to be in the ring for five and a half hours punching air. So, it was hard, I had to get some body contact in there somewhere, it was mostly body shots and stuff. I had no clue, really.

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I do have a delicate side....

I do have a delicate side.

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I was hanging out in gers [yur...

I was hanging out in gers [yurts] with these Kazakh sort of Bedouins. Drank nasty-ass camel milk. The drive [from the Souther Gobi to Ulan Bator] is insane. It's like The Road.

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Milla Jovovich introduced me t...

Milla Jovovich introduced me to [anthropologist and author of the Don Juan series of books involving shamanic peyote rituals] Carlos Castaneda because I was all into the hallucinogens for a minute.

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Sometimes I wake up in awe tha...

Sometimes I wake up in awe that I'm alive. I can't get over that part, so I guess it makes me kind of like an existentialist.

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I'm always researching ancient...

I'm always researching ancient religions, and I was also raised Jehovah's Witness, so that kind of scarred me for life.

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I enjoy vanity . But I can't s...

I enjoy vanity . But I can't stick to any of that lifestyle for too long because, when its true colors come out, it's empty and cold and soulless.

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I already knew, from church, t...

I already knew, from church, that this place was raped and pillaged by Spaniards and the Pilgrims. 'Don't sit here and try to tell me that they broke bread together, brother.'

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I hated school right away. Rel...

I hated school right away. Religion had a lot to do with it because I felt like everybody was always lying to me.

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I heard that the guy who inven...

I heard that the guy who invented the Jehovah's Witnesses was a Mason.That kind of turned me off, because when something's mysterious, all you can do is be scared of it. 'He's a Mason? Ugh. It must be evil!' I didn't know much about it, so I was scared. Now I actually admire those guys - they're pretty talented. They founded a lot of the world that we look at today.

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Sometimes I'd knock on the doo...

Sometimes I'd knock on the door of somebody I was going to school with, so it was like living a double life.

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There was a lot of drama in sc...

There was a lot of drama in school because, well, people have problems at home and they take it out on their friends in school. Trying to impress people, they became bullies. I hated it because I know what it's like to be picked on, and I never liked not fitting in, especially moving around so much as a kid because I was an Army brat. My dad was in the Army.

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My dad was more, 'Let's play ...

My dad was more, 'Let's play chess. Read a book, you're stupid.' He's more the intellectual type.

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Growing up in Jersey City was ...

Growing up in Jersey City was interesting. I got to learn a lot about different cultures: I had Hindu friends, Middle Eastern friends, black friends, Spanish friends.

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When I was about 11, 12, we mo...

When I was about 11, 12, we moved to Jersey City. Everywhere I go I'm an outsider.

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I'd stare up at the sky and ju...

I'd stare up at the sky and just dream a lot. Still do. I dreamed that I didn't belong here, that I was going to travel a lot.

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I had older brothers who would...

I had older brothers who would pick on me, and injustice always boiled my blood.

Michelle Rodriguez 158 quotes

I just never felt like I belon...

I just never felt like I belonged anywhere. I always had a stick with a little knapsack attached.

Michelle Rodriguez 158 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

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Неузнаваемая Ким Кардашьян в объективе фотографа Маркуса Клинко, 2009 год. Памела Андерсон в самой первой съёмке для журнала «Playboy», 1990. На фото голливудская актриса Dorothy Lamour и шимпанзе Джи...

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....