Michelle Rodriguez is all about robust vibes.
The actress, 46, born and raised in San Antonio, was inducted into the Texas Movie Awards Corridor of Fame in Austin on March 6. The occasion honors these in Hollywood who’ve paid tribute or given again to the Lone Star state all through their profession.
On the crimson carpet earlier than the ceremony, the place Rodriguez’s Quick and the Livid costar Vin Diesel and Machete director Robert Rodriguez later introduced her together with her award, the star advised PEOPLE that she is drawn to bringing rebellious vitality into her life.
“I feel, finally, on the finish of the day, it is like being a salmon swimming upstream, and Hollywood all the time feels just like the stream,” Rodriguez mentioned, including that she’s tried to encompass herself with individuals who aren’t “attempting to push their concepts and what you ought to be on you.”
“You do not need to be pushed round or [let] anyone to inform [you that you] cannot get to the opposite aspect of the river. I’ll get there a method or one other. I do not care which means all people else goes,” she added. “That is the riot. All it’s is simply sticking to who you might be.”
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In accordance with Rodriguez, there are specific folks in her life who she seems to be to particularly for inspiration.
“I feel you may have these robust characters that come alongside, and I consider Robert [Rodriguez] to be a type of characters, I consider Vin [Diesel] to be one, and Jim [James Cameron] as nicely. And myself,” she defined.
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When requested what initiatives she could be keen on doing sooner or later, as she continues to faucet into her “rebellious vitality,” Rodriguez advised PEOPLE, “You understand what’s intriguing? I am actually having fun with what these dudes are doing with The White Lotus.”
Highlighting themes seen inside the HBO collection, together with “psychology” and “humanity,” the star continued, “I would prefer to work with anyone rebelling in that course.”
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On the occasion, Rodriguez was honored alongside different 2025 Texas Movie Awards Corridor of Fame inductees, together with Alamo Drafthouse founders Tim and Karrie League and screenwriter and director Noah Hawley.
Jay Duplass, Zazie Beetz, Elijah Wooden and Dazed and Confused director Richard Linklater had been additionally in attendance as presenters.
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When Diesel, 57, introduced Rodriguez together with her award, he referred to as her a “trip or die” buddy and mentioned, “I’m so blessed to have her in my life, whether or not she lets my 14-year-old son DM her in Dungeons and Dragons or my 9-year-old son to indicate her one-arm push-ups. I’ll love her eternally.”
