Charlotte Ayanna Quotes

Dancing at the Blue Iguana

Ever since I was a little girl, I envisioned this exactly happening to me. Not necessarily doing a movie about strippers, but being young and having somebody like a director like Michael see me, and see something in me, and take a chance. And have a process like we have had.

Ever since I was a little girl, I envisioned this exactly happening to me. Not necessarily doing a movie about strippers but being young and having somebody like a director like Michael see me and see something in me and take a chance. And have a process like we have had. - on her film Dancing at the Blue Iguana (2000)

right before you came, I almost completely tipped over like a board -- `Timber!`

The pageant was such a fluke. I mean, I was living in an orphanage, and my foster mother bet me $150 to go out for this thing. Nobody, including myself, thought that a foster kid could be a beauty queen. - on being Miss Teen USA 1993

It hit a little home for me, actually. Not the stripping, but seeing these people who haven`t been handed the best card in life.

I am very proud to have done that. Ricky Martin was so sweet, like so not what I ever expected. And, it definitely helped me get back on my feet financially. - on starring in Ricky Martin`s video for "She`s All I Ever Had."