Rosario Dawson Quotes

You only live once. You don't want your tombstone to read: 'Played it Safe.'

This future is ours to embrace. Whether we, the established generations, choose to accept that is in our court.

It's extremely important for women to be writing their own stories and giving them to people to really be emotionally impacted by

Whenever we do voter registration, we ask, 'Why haven't you voted before?' The response is often, 'No one's asked us.' It's not about telling people what to do - it's about sharing what they can do.

The American future is here, and there's great news: the future votes.

I remember everyone asking, 'What did you do to get so thin? You looked great.' I looked emaciated.

When I see a woman who is all gaunt and emaciated, I don't think she's beautiful. She reminds me of a Chihuahua that's freezing and shaking.

All the times being like, 'Who rented this car and why are we going to this place?' You take the easy route and go, 'Oh, thanks for the champagne. I'll have another.

I don't know my biological father. That could have had a huge impact on my life had it not been for the fact that my dad married my mom when I was one and raised me as his own.

You can only avoid responsibility for so long. The catalyst ended up being the law coming down and finally saying, 'You guys suspended judgement and that's fine, because we're not.

I'd love to be the first one to say this, but it automatically turns into - we all have those responsibilities that we ignore because we don't feel like they're ours.

It's so much easier to get high than how scary it must be to see who you actually are and take responsibility for it. Denial is an easy place to live in.

There are so many different reasons as to why I love riding trains. But I think ultimately it's the romantic feeling of it. There's something about it that just transports me into old films.

With the recession, people are having to choose between their cable and their internet connection. And think about it.

When I was a kid, I had this idea that I would have a beard when I got older. I thought it'd be nice to rub my chin.

I am the queen of hashtags! I love hashtags. I think in hashtags. I wish I could write everything in hashtag.

When the companies started making made-for-TV movies, people thought it was a fluke. Who would watch that? Because it's in your TV screen and not in a theater. Remember that?

Anything that has to deal with our mortality is always going to be interesting to us. Life and death is always going to be something that draws our attention.

I'm in high heels, I'm wearing a fabulous dress, people want me to just smile and talk about my movie because I only have three minutes, and that's my job.

I grew up a squatter on the Lower East Side, so it's kind of a given that I'd have very strong opinions on everything from cyclical violence to teenage pregnancy to environmental justice.

I love watching a movie that is smart, that makes me think, that includes me as an audience member, and I especially love it when I know that the people that I'm working with also do that.

I'm a New Yorker, so I have the sort of tough vein that's naturally bred into me. In general, I'm a nice person, and that seems to surprise people sometimes.

In my family, I'm short.

It's like our relationship is always about the other side that isn't the obvious side.

I'm a New Yorker, so there are some aspects of being a tough woman that I thought I could bring to the role - but it's such a different world as a woman who's like a warrior.