“I was a ward of the state, initially, and then in the foster care syst...” — Rosie Perez Quote

“I was a ward of the state, initially, and then in the foster care system for quite some time, even though I did live part-time with my aunt in Brooklyn.”

“In movies, you shoot out of sequence, so the issue of reality is really taken out of it.”

“I didn't appreciate Brooklyn until I left it.”

“When I was in senior year of high school, my mom lost her job, we lost our house, and we had to move in with my uncle and my aunt.”

“I had the little Radio Shack crystal radio, and then my aunt Judy bought me a shortwave radio. It was amazing to me: like on these really clear nights - I lived in Ohio - I could get Texas or Florida. You felt like the world was a smaller place.”

“Classical music has become rarefied, like a maiden aunt that nobody wants to talk to.”