Rosario Dawson is featured in the October 2008 issue of Latina Magazine, and the actress is opening up about children and adoption.

On having kids: “I always wanted to adopt kids ‘cause my Dad adopted me. That idea has stayed in the back of my head, but lately, I’ve been thinking about it more. My mother and grandmother are extraordinary women, and they’re getting older. It struck me recently that one day I might be sitting around with my children, going ‘Your grandma was an amazing woman; I really wish you could’ve known her.’ That makes me sad ‘cause it would be a waste to not have these people know each other. Whatever time I have, I want it.”

On her talent: “When I was younger, I went through a period of feeling like a fraud because I started off being discovered at age 15. I’d be around people who were educated at Juilliard or had an amazing acting coach, and I felt like I was in over my head. It’s taken me years to value my own talents and merits and to understand what my limitations are and go past them.”

On growing up in a household in which everyone had their say during arguments: “You weren’t allowed to rebut. You had to just hear it out. And that’s how we grew up, being told that we were important. Like what we had to say was valid.”

On her regrets:  “That I didn’t go to college. I was upset [about it] for so many years. That was something that really, really bothered me.  “