I just wanted to see every single musical I could. The very first one I saw was 'Beauty and the Beast,' the only one I could get tickets for, and the….

My parents were both Spanish-speakers and they used to speak to me and my siblings in Spanish and we'd answer them in English..

The most important thing you wear is your personality..

It's so reassuring to have a woman heroine who triumphs with more than just what she has on the outside who has more to offer the world than just a p….

Salma and I had run into each other once or twice at film festivals because I was doing the press for Real Women Have Curves at the same time she was….

I just want to be in my sweats, walk my dog, watch TV and eat pizza..

I mean, I grew up in the Valley. All my friends were white Jewish kids. So the Latino kids thought I was this white girl..

I'll sleep when no one wants to hire me!.

Nowadays I'd describe myself as earnest, terribly earnest. I'm the person who wants everybody in the room to feel important and happy..

As a child, I didn't know what I didn't have. I'm thankful for the challenges early on in my life because now I have a perspective on the world and k….

To me, the tragedy about this whole image-obsessed society is that young girls get so caught up in just achieving that they forget to realize that th….

Am I Latin? Am I American? What the hell am I? I love my culture and I'm very proud of my culture.

Having the perfect body doesn't fix all your problems, or make you love yourself more. To me, it's all about being comfortable in your own skin..

I am trying to be guided by my passion..

It would be impossible to be a woman in Western culture and not have your own issues about your image and what you look like..

Sometimes I worry more about losing weight than gaining weight, because this is how people know and accept me..

I really hate the duties of being a celebrity, like getting dressed up for the red carpet..

I hope to be acting until I'm playing the role of Grandma, and I'd like to branch out in film - producing, directing, all of it. I'll sleep when no o….

I'm not ashamed to say that I cried at an animation movie.

Finding the one is not just a feeling, it's an educated guess. I feel like I chose someone to share my life with who is my friend..

I realized how Latina I was, and then also, at the same time, how not Latina enough I was, because I’m born and raised in Los Angeles. I speak Spanis….