“Look I love 'Friends,' but nobody had a Puerto Rican friend? Not one P...” — Michelle Buteau Quote

Look I love 'Friends,' but nobody had a Puerto Rican friend? Not one Puerto Rican friend? You live in Manhattan? No.

I mean, we are all someone's child. It's just like, can we just be nice? We got to be kind, man. We just got to be kind to each other.

When I first started out, I never thought acting would come to fruition, because it seemed like you mostly had to be very skinny or the extreme opposite. Back then, 'plus size' wasn't even a term we used for a female figure. There was never like, just the thick chick.

It's important to be educated and have conversations about derogatory words and colorism. I don't ever want my kids to feel bad for being who they are.

I was born in Manhattan and grew up in Scarsdale. Scarsdale didn't work for me as a place at all.

At Manhattan GMAT, I had done my best to create a positive work environment and culture, and I further believed in rewarding people financially at or above the market rate for a job well done.

I lived in Manhattan for 12 years and grew up outside New York City, so that was definitely how I saw the center of the world.

I was born and raised in New York City, Manhattan, uptown.

In September of 2001, I was living in the West Village of Manhattan, working from my home for a tech start-up.