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Michelle Rodriguez

"The Dewey decimal system really works. So that's all I needed to know. Elementary school taught me that."

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"The Dewey decimal system really works. So that's all I needed to know. Elementary school taught me that."

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"He nodded toward the sub. "This is going to be a blow-off day."I dragged my mind away from magical intrigue. After being homeschooled for most of my life, some parts of the "normal" school world was a mystery. "What does that mean, exactly.""Usually teacher leave subs a lesson plan, telling them what to do. I saw Ms. Terwilliger left. It said, 'Distract them."

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Asa Don Brown

"I played trombone for 10 minutes, and then I was in an accordion band in school for even less."

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"While I was in high school, I started working professionally and got an agent."

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"You know, I was a regular on the Friday afternoon drill squad. Um, which... The year after I left school, I went back and thanked the sergeant major because I was so fit."

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Asa Don Brown

"There were a couple Aborigines in my primary school, but we never spoke to them. They kept to themselves, and we never really even locked eyes. They weren't acknowledged officially either."

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Asa Don Brown

"And then, when I started to school, I found out I couldn't talk."

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Asa Don Brown

"At school, I always wanted to belong to a gang, and no one would have me. So I'd have make my own gang, but with everybody else's leftovers."

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Asa Don Brown

"I educated myself. To me, school was boring."

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Asa Don Brown

"Lou and I met while we were in high school in our senior year. We were in many of the same classes together and quite a few times we went over to his house to hang out."

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Asa Don Brown

"When I did Inherit the Wind, I learned about teaching school. I also found out what a fundamentalist was."

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"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."
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"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."
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"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."
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"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."
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"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."
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"Going to car racing school was phenomenal."
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"The best part of making the movies... learning from the pros themselves."
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"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!"
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"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."
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"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."
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