It's such a commitment, making a film, you're really dedicated, it's your life, that's all you do for that period of your life.

I had many years where I just worked from film to film to film. And then all of a sudden I went: "Where did I put my bags down? Where's my little place I call home?"

Script for an actor is like a bible. You carry it with you, you read it over and over, you go to your passages.

My Latin roots are very strong. All my life, because I'm blonde and blue-eyed, people who aren't Hispanic can't believe I am. And people who are Hispanic always think I'm not, because I don't look like them. Being Latin is part of who I am and I bring that part to every role.

I have always had the same New Year resolutions: To stop smoking, to start wearing a bra, and to stop shopping.

I think that women are afraid to say they don't want children because they're going to get shunned.

All of the sudden people say, "She's got tits and legs and blond hair. Let's talk to her!" I've been paying dues for years in modeling. Not only that, it took a month and a half of Chuck Russell, The Mask's director, and Jim Carrey trying to get New Line to say O.K. on me. I didn't sleep; I had an ulcer. Of course, when people talk of paying their dues, they mean years of going to acting school and auditionin.