A lot of people are really intimidated when a girl comes out and she's really tough.
As far as technology, I'd go to Japan. Not everything should be centred around the U.S. All the special effects from these... countries were awesome.
Basically I was a rebel growing up. I got kicked out of six schools. But I don't think that it makes you less of an intellect. You know, if you ever crave knowledge, there's always a library.
Going to car racing school was phenomenal.
Hollywood is trying to keep up with middle America. Mostly MTV. There is a formula.
I also love the makers of South Park, because they're political, strong, and they're making all of these comments that would get you shot for if you did it in a drama.
I am looking forward to seeing my buddy Colin represent in front of Pacino. That's sweet.
I box every now and then. But I started going out and was wanting people to start to pick on me... That's when I decided to calm down.
I didn't know how to box so I would have looked like a complete street fighter actually, but what we did have to do was pick up some sides and then just memorize them within two days and go there and audition.
I do have a delicate side.
I just decided to play make believe, memorize it like it was just some kind of song and just take the emotion out of the words. And I did. I goofed a couple of times.
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.
I learned that you can make a sci-fi film that is satisfying overseas. European people have everything in check. I'd make every sci-fi film in Europe. They only work 14 hours a day. After that, it's overtime.
I think empathy is a beautiful thing. I think that's the power of film though. We have one of the most powerful, one of the greatest communicative tools known to man.
I thought surfers were corny, aimless people, and when I got to Hawaii, I discovered that they were spiritual, beautiful people who at times risked their lives for the love of sport.
I took the GED, and left the option open to go to school. I did go to business school but left after four months because I just didn't want to be a puppet of society, stuck in an office, craving some sunlight.
I use to watch like maybe three or four movies, five days out of the week. I was a movie buff, but I really didn't know what it was like behind the scenes, or the whole political process of it.
I want them to listen to me for what I am saying. And I think the best way to do that is to sniff my armpits, and like, sit and burp every now and then.
I wanted to express myself. I wanted to be creative and I didn't want to worry about someone bossing me around in the process. You have to struggle no matter where you are to get to where you're going, so I'm like, working it honey!
I wanted to write a film and I thought the best way to do so was to train myself within the field... It was just like a cycle of people trying to make it, not making it, doing extra work, and it was pretty depressing in the end.
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.
I was in Jersey when the whole World Trade Center thing happened and I felt powerless. So, I went to Hawaii and did a surf movie. It's kind of fluffy.
I wasn't into smooching until I was 16.
I would like to see a fierce Fantasia mixed with Blade Runner, Lord of the Rings, and Star Wars all in one. That's the kind of movies I want to make.
I'm a video game fan. I played them before I became an actress.
It's pretty intriguing what you learn. Twelve minutes of three-dimensional footage cost so much money. Like, $60 million. Your imagination runs wild. You have all these possibilities. You can do anything with film and make anything come to life.
It's the board I had a problem with. I could totally handle being in the water and stuff. I came here to do my own stunts. Water! Ocean! Action! Big waves! That water, that water has tamed me. You can feel that the world is connected to it.
Jersey is my hometown, and I love it. I'll probably have houses in other places, but that's my home, and nobody's kicking me out of there.
People forget we come from an embryo and we're part sperm and part ovary. We have both sides in us.
The best part of making the movies... learning from the pros themselves.
The Dewey decimal system really works. So that's all I needed to know. Elementary school taught me that.
The more confidence you have in yourself and the more you believe that you are destined to do what you are gonna do, it will happen.
The only place that I'd be worried about being typecast is the independent film world.
The whole surf culture is starting to embrace women a lot more.
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.
To get out of getting up at 5 in the morning, I'm gonna do Howard Stern next week. This time I'm ready. I've got some good comebacks.
To make a video game come to life was definitely a childhood fetish of mine. I have to admit there's not much substance there, but it was fun.
Until they come up with an independent woman who's on an adventure of her own, I don't think I'm interested.
When I was about, I'd say, 18 or 19 years old, I wanted to be a part of the CIA just because they know those intimate secrets... So I was just always into knowing. I like to know things.
When you make a film, you have to follow filmmaking rules. Like, a soundtrack... can get in the way of the serenity of the game.
Whenever a female takes a strong stand for herself, the majority of the time they have to really, really narrow it down to being feminine and wearing dresses and just being lipstick chic.
Michelle was recently sent to jail again for violating her drink-driving probation. Her sentence was to spend 60 days in prison but she served only four hours and 27 minutes of her term before being released because the LA institution was too crowded. After spending four days in a Hawaiian jail for drink-driving in April, it was discovered that Michelle had broken bail conditions for another drink-driving offense last December. The star must now complete a 30-day alcohol rehab program.
In 2002, Michelle was ranked #34 in Maxim's "100 Sexiest Women".
Girlfight was Michelle's first acting audition, and she landed the role. The Fast and the Furious was her second audition, and she also scored that role.
Jessica Tandy is Michelle's role model.
Michelle was sentenced to 48 hours in jail and community service for a number of traffic violations including hit and run, DWI and speeding (June 2004).
Michelle joined the cast of the TV series LOST in Season Two (2005) as the tough cop Ana-Lucia Cortez.
Michelle was raised a Jehovah's Witness.
In 2004, Michelle pleaded no contest in relation to two motor vehicle incidents.
Michelle briefly dated her The Fast and the Furious co-star Vin Diesel in 2001.
Michelle dropped out of high school in ninth grade, but did eventually earn her GED.
When asked if she feels typecast, Michelle responded, "Of course... it's like, 'Enough of this tough-girl shit!'"
Michelle is a voice in the games Halo 2 and Driver 3.
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