I'm proud to represent those hands that labor in this country. I've given every maid I've ever portrayed soul and heart.

- Lupe Ontiveros

The deaf community is hungry to see itself in the most positive way.

- Lupe Ontiveros

I long to play a judge. I long to play a lesbian woman. I long to play a councilman, someone with some chutzpah.

- Lupe Ontiveros