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.

I was young not too long ago, and I know the last thing you want is someone preaching to you.

I'm not going to miss wearing the braces very much.

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

The first time I landed in New York and got a cab to my hotel, I was completely struck by it: a feeling of life and chaos, 24 hours around the clock, just like in London. And whatever your problem is, it's insignificant. You're just a small part of something very big.

Latino actors and actresses have had to struggle for decades, but when I came around with Real Women Have Curves, attitudes were starting to change. We screened the film all over the world - in Jewish communities, black communities, Greek communities, German communities - and people across the board said, "That's my family."

I was just so lucky with 'Real Women Have Curves.' At that point, I would have done an insurance commercial. I would have done anything.