Quotes from Ana de Armas

I want to do everything and beyond. I want to create impact.

I'm very impatient. I always want more.

My life and career have been a big improvisation.

The thing is to convince people that a part not written for a Latina woman - or maybe not even written for a woman at all - is a female part. You convince them you can do it.

I always need to keep moving.

When you get to Hollywood, you have to start from zero, whatever you've done before.

When I was twelve, I heard about the National Theater School, and I told my parents, 'That's what I want to do.' And that was it.

I've always been very ambitious, and I always knew that I wanted something else. Cuba was a good start, but I knew I wasn't going to develop a real career, and I wanted to get closer to filmmakers that I wanted to work with.

Moving to L.A. was hard. I had a career in Spain, and you have to forget your ego. I was a nobody again.

After having a career in Spain for eight years, I went back to being anonymous again, having to prove myself to the industry and myself, to prove I was capable of acting in a different language. It was a good challenge, and I can't complain.

My grandparents were from Spain, and I had a Spanish passport.

I normally speak by moving my hands, and I'm very expressive with my face - something Cuban, I guess.

I don't like feeling stuck, like I'm not going anywhere.

I didn't get to play many video games when I was growing up.

My childhood memories are amazing I had freedom in every way - but I see everything from a different perspective now that I live outside.