You’d go to the barbershop to talk about what happened on the block yesterday.
Over the years, I’ve had a few barbers.
My boy was like, “Yo, I got the person.
Richie Davis
She’s from Bushwick.”
She walks in the room the next day and Im like, “Lisa?
You do braids?”
Ramos with Lady Gaga inA Star Is Born
That’s where I get my cuts now.
It’s been amazing to see her ascension.
Now my hair’s short, and I’ve gotten used to it.
Ramos with his abs in a Calvin Klein ad
And I was like, “Alright, okay.”
Sometimes it’s long, sometimes short.
It’s different from how it looks inIn the Heights.
Ramos with Melissa Barrera in the forthcomingIn the Heightsfilm adaptation
It was different from thecurly hairthat I usually have.
Just trying different things, you know what Im saying?
I probably should have a thing that I use, but I dont.
So if you got anytips for me, yo let me know.
A makeup artist was actually getting on me aboutface washing.
Her name is Martha.
She did my makeup onShe’s Gotta Have ItandIn the Heights.
She’s a Latina from New York.
I wear very little makeup, even when I’m filming.
I’m a minimalist, for sure.
On a photo shoot once, my makeup was so heavy I didn’t look like myself.
Then it happened a second time, for a show.
People close to me saw it too.
Don’t cover up my freckles.
Most of the time, people will be like, “No, never!
We wouldn’t do that.
Thats the way you look.
Why would we do that?”
I didnt always love my freckles.
I got made fun of because of them as a kid, but I love my freckles now.
They’re part of who I am.
I want to show them off.
I can go to the studio and wear whatever I want, say whatever I want.
Thats how we find ourselves in the middle.
Remember what it feels like to be in those places where you dont care about that shit.
