Rosa Salazar Quotes

I was a manic and eccentric kid. In my head I was very busy, so I must have seemed weird.

When I was maybe like, under 10 years old, I was kind of like a maniac.

My family called me a wiggle tail because I was a little skinny, wiry kid full of energy.

I was always a drama queen. I remember playing in the kitchen, trying to get my mom to think I was dead and call the police. When she didn't, I would cry. I was always theatrical. I don't think any of my relatives are surprised.

I was big time into Barbie. I also had Wonder Woman Underoos that I really liked. I actually wore them as an outfit to school. As I said, I was a strange child.

I was just the youngest in the family, and most in desperate need of attention.

I had bags of energy as a kid.

My mother was not the cook in the family. My dad was. I'd watch him behind the grill, and I said, 'If I ever make it and have enough money, I'm going to make sure I dine in the best restaurants.'

Like, my mother would have company over, and I would sing so they'd pay attention to me.

My uncles used to call me 'Devil Child,' or 'Triple' for triple six. They used to tell my brother Chris that they were going to get the demons out of him because he was also a little crazy. But to me, they'd just be like, 'You're too far gone. There's no exorcising you anymore.'

We were a very funny family. Humour was the tool with which my brother and I tried to get attention. We were always trying to be the funniest.

When I was younger, I was always willing to tell a joke and play out a scene. I would get sticks and pretend they were light sabers. I think it was just at a young age, I was so willing to jump up and perform a little play at the family picnic.

I'm hyperactive, and I went in the studio and I would just start making records, for no reason.

Back in the old days, when I was a child, we sat around the family table at dinner time and exchanged our daily experiences. It wasn't very organized, but everyone was recognized and all the news that had to be told was told by each family member. We listened to each other and the interest was not put on; it was real.

At home, I had seven brothers, one sister. I sewed clothes for my sister's dolls although she was grown and gone away. I was a weirdo but didn't think I was a weirdo.

I joke around a lot about the manic times because they're funny. We manics do outrageous things and it is part of our colorful nature.

I was at the tail end of the family. The next brother along was already seven years older than me. I remember growing up by myself, playing games by myself.

A few young guys with a case of Red Bull can be a serious security threat.

I've always been very talkative, very chatty, quite hyperactive. I grew up with a lot of cousins, and most of them were boys. Four in particular and I were the demolition squad. Havoc.

Everyone teases me in the family that I spend far too long chatting. So I think I've still got to learn a little bit more and to pick up a few more tips, I suppose.

I have been a very 'hyper boy' right from childhood. And while many liked that trait of mine, my friends didn't.

When I was little, my dad used to call me 'Bandarella,' because I was a mess - a Bandar is a monkey in Hindi. I was not a girly-girl and would always break something and would be running around and didn't really fit in.

I'm the oldest in my family, and I grew up with brothers, so we would be on the front lawn every day playing football, whether it's tackle or tag.

I'm always moving like a kid. I'm always bouncing around and never sit still.

I had so much joy as a boy: middle child, lots of energy, big emotional life. I was a clown and still am.