Rosie Perez

Rosie Perez was the daughter of Lydia Perez, a merchant marine and Ismael Serano. She was born in Bushwick Brooklyn, New York City. She is Puerto Rican. Rosie went to Grover Cleveland High School in Ridgewood, Queens, New York She then went on to enroll at Los Angeles City College in Los Angeles, California. Rosie Perez, who was in her second college year and was planning to move back to New York. Her departure was a celebration by her classmates. She accepted the invitation from Spike Lee to join his 1989 film Do the Right Thing (1989). This was her first big acting role. Then she was nominated to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Carla Rodrigo (Peter Weir’s Fearless 1993). The Academy Award went to Anna Paquin, for The Piano (1993). In my early days, my Latin community was the one responsible for the majority of the criticism I was subjected to. I can remember being taken out for lunch and saying to me "Can you attend lessons to reduce your accent?" Also, "When you're on a talk show, how can you not be less humorous and loud?". I received a lot of crap about my voice, and I tried. I did my best to change however it was the way I spoke. Thanks to God, my octaves decreased as I got older. Today, I am enthralled to see a 16-year-old come up and mimics me.Boxing is about fighting your fears. It's about staying strong. Floyd Mayweather could be punched in a clean way, such as a shot in the middle of his body and he'd not hesitate. I know what he is doing. (Who talked about Don Cornelius watching her dancingand observing her dancing]: Don Cornelius didn't want to watch me dance - I was doing hip-hop which was something that was not known to Californians. They were only aware of locking and popping, which is why they were not interested in hip-hop dancing. Don was like, "No, no, no. You're a girl. I thought "What?" This is so strange. It was really bizarre.