Quotes

[on describing how James Cameron convinced the studio executives to cast her as Vasquez in his film Aliens, despite that she had no prior acting roles] It took him two weeks to convince Fox, to go back and say, 'No no, this is who I want,'. They said, 'No, she's never done a film.' [He said,] 'Yes, I know, yes, I know, I know, I don't care.' You know, he's pretty fearless.

[on describing her first encounter with producer Gale Anne Hurd prior to gaining the role of Vasquez in the movie Aliens] She said, 'Are you an actress or a bodybuilder?' [Goldstein laughs] I was a gymnast. I just happened to be in the best shape of my life.

[upon being asked about Vasquez's masculine appearance and sexuality] She's an outsider, she was just who she was. With Vasquez, I never said she was straight or gay, because to her it was nobody's business.