I'm very, very Spanish. I have fat cheeks on both ends. I'm sitting on my Spanish part. And it's my heart, the way I am, the way I speak. It has nothing to do with the way I look.

In my house, we speak Spanglish to the dogs, to the grandchildren, to the kids.

My hope is to see Tom Cruise jumping on my couch.

To realize the American dream, the most important thing to understand is that it belongs to everybody. It's a human dream. If you understand this and work very hard, it is possible.

The world is not ideal, and the only weapon we can give our children is information. Information which is not pretty, but honest.

The talk show, as a genre, has been in decline for a while. It started with Jerry Springer, when the talk shows suffered a metamorphosis, going from the real and social issues to the hair-raising.

I'll never retire from working; I'll keep my life interesting until I drop dead.