Michelle Rodriguez Quotes

I think it is important to let your kids have independence and ownership. Let your kids do what they have a passion for.

No one ever taught me how to shave; no one ever sat down to watch a Braves game with me. I paid for Yale myself, I lived by myself, I taught myself how to play the guitar. I did this all on my own.

I like having the space of my own project.

I don't complain about other people's game - I just create my own.

Welcome evermore to gods and men is the self-helping man.

I am a good, strong word giver; I am a jealous guard of my own secrets. Freedom is the rule; I am hungry for one good thing I can do.

It's important for me to be free and know I'm acting for myself. I do things because I want to, and that's important. You want to be your own person.

One actor in my life is enough, and that's me. With actors, it's too easy to go into this world of complaining. Someone will always be better, richer, more loved, do more work. Those dynamics don't interest me. The friends I hang out with, we create our own work rather than complain about acting.

The finest inheritance you can give to a child is to allow it to make its own way, completely on its own feet.

As you grow and mature, you will want and will earn more freedom to live your lives your way and to make your own choices. This you should do.

I always had that yearning, that hunger, to one day be independent and be my own person and build my own world. The most fulfilling thing is to live a life where you have freedom.

Perfect freedom is reserved for the man who lives by his own work and in that work does what he wants to do.

Atlanta has become and has always been a place where you create your own universe.

It's nice to finally be my own person.

My father did not do a film for me or launched me, he wanted us to do things on our own.

I know that I'm in grime, but I had to separate myself and do things myself.

I need to go out there and run my own race, and have fun with it.

I think people sometimes get my message misconstrued and believe I'm trying to brag, but I'm genuinely trying to show people that you can do it all yourself, and there's so much power and freedom in that.

I've realized along the way that a lot of things that I do as a performer are about waiting for somebody to write something for me or develop something for me, but music, music was the thing that I don't have to wait for anybody's permission to do.

You have to be able to make a real creative life for Yourself, before you can expect anyone Else to provide one ready-made for you.

I didn't come to Hollywood to be subservient to anyone else's vision.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

Very few artists are as independent as I am mentally, physically, spiritually and technically. I sit in my home studio and record things by myself. I don't need to get anybody's approval or validation.

My parents were quite liberal with us, always encouraging us to be our own person and be creative.

I think that's important for all ages, to not be afraid of being an individual. I grew up on my own, as an only child, so early on I think I was quite capable of making decisions by myself and being an individual.