Quotes from Rosario Dawson

In my family, I'm short.

I didn't even remember it because it kind of came up, and then a week later it said I broke up with him.

I always thought my jaw line was manly. I have this pockmark on my chin from when I was 9. I used to get freaked out about it because people thought it was a pimple. But those are the things I've become really comfortable with as I've gotten older. My scars.

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.

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

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

As an actor there are times when you're sitting around and wishing you were working, so you've got to just take it when it comes.

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.

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

It was funny actually because that was still during the time we were dating. He would get all these calls because supposedly before we broke up, we had already broken up in the trades, in the rags or whatever.

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.'

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.

People in Hollywood don't have that much sex, or at least I don't.

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.

It was funny actually because that was still during the time we were dating. He would get all these calls because supposedly before we broke up, we had already broken up in the trades, in the rags or whatever.

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.

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.

I've noticed a growth in Spike and definitely in myself. I feel like the seeds that he planted in me five years ago have ripened up to a place where I could even tackle this role in the way that I did.

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.'

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

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

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.

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