I use to watch like maybe three or four movies, five days out of the week. I was a movie buff, but I really didnt know what it was like behind the scenes, or the whole political process of it. – Michelle Rodriguez
The best part of making the movies… learning from the pros themselves. – Michelle Rodriguez
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. – Michelle Rodriguez
I was a very interested arts student, I was always into that part of school and when I got into high school I went into architectural drafting. It gave me an understanding of how to build things and its really helped me put things in perspective. With my music and my movies, to me its all art. – Ice Cube
I often begin movies with music in my head its a very important dimension to me. Not just the music itself, but how to use music in film: when and how and subtlety. I dont like to be too sweet in my stories, and I like the abrasive clang, the contrasting of sounds and cultures. – Mira Nair