Rosie Perez

Born: September 6, 1964 in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Most of the criticism I got early in my career was from the Latin community. They used to take me out to lunch and tell me, “Can you go and take lessons to lessen your accent?”. Or, “When you’re on a talk show, can you not be so funny and loud?”. People gave me so much crap about my voice, and I tried. I really did try to change, but it was the way I spoke. As I got older, the octaves dropped, thank God. Now I find it flattering if a sixteen-year-old comes up and starts imitating me.

LEARNING TO FLY dir. Daniel Barnz Stars: Viola Davis Maggie Gyllenhaal,

Pineapple Express 2008 dir. David Gordon Green Starring Rogen James Franco

White Men Can’t Jump 1992 dir. Ron Shelton Starring Harrelson Wesley Snipes

Night on Earth 1991 dir. Jim Jarmusch Cast Gena Rowlands Winona Ryder

WON’T BACK DOWN dir. Daniel Barnz Stars: Viola Davis Maggie Gyllenhaal THE COUNSELOR 2013 dir. Ridley Scott Stars: Brad Pitt Goran Visnjic