The common denominator all Latinos have is that we want some respect. That's what we're all fighting for.

I have gotten into a lot of trouble in my life for being brutally honest. Sometimes I put both my feet in my mouth. But like Elton John, I'm still standing.

We Latin women are liberated from the neck up, not the neck down.

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

I'm a royal pain in the behind.

If I have to be compared to somebody, it is to Martha Stewart.

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.