Patricia Carola Velásquez Semprún (born 31 January 1971) is a Venezuelan actress and model, considered by some to be the first Native American model.
Every time you play a bad girl or guy in a movie, you really come from a place of pain.
Kids suffering, with no opportunities for lack of having their basic human needs [met], like food, health, and education, but at the same time, [it] motivates me to keep fighting for them, for the ones less fortunate.
I have no doubt I was someone very interesting in a past life.
There was a time when I used to live in Spain that it went really crazy with drugs and stuff like that.
If there is one creature that represents my essence, it's butterflies.
I enjoyed working as a model a lot as it let me travel and I got to do some really interesting projects.
I do hot yoga. I try to keep one hour a day where I have space to reflect and meditate and take care of me and what is going on inside. This way, I can be a better person to be around.
You need a routine, to be able to spend some time with a person, and my lifestyle is constantly on the move.
I think if I could have a boyfriend like my brothers I'd be really happy. But without the brother thing.
I used to be a dancer, and for me it was a really good combination of dance and acting.
It is possible to have second chances. When I thought everything was lost, when I reached bottom and things didn't go my way, the universe gave me a second chance.
So struggling for work here has been very good for me, but it's also been very hard to handle rejection.
Clothes, thank God I can get them from designers.
Always work hard, be honest, and be proud of who you are.
Thank God I had all these family values or who knows where I'd be now.
We [Latinos] must be proud. We have the same rights in the U. S. as anybody else. Instead of crying and getting upset about visa problems and having our families come join us, go fight for your rights. Make yourself a productive individual in the society.
It takes one person to give you a big chance.
I live in New York and I was only there for 2 weeks all last year.
The universe always gives you what you need to grow into the person you are destined to become.
I began dancing when I was just 5, and I never really wanted to become an actress because its what every other model does.