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

On the television planet, where men make up the tribe, the law of the caveman rules. So, for a woman coming from another world, without experience or cunning, to succeed gradually in gaining control over what is to be taped, what goes out over the air, what is said without censorship, is an epic feat.

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

If you stay on the air for 18 years, people know you.

Latin life is rich with warmth, family values and history. I want to bring that beauty into American homes.

I'm one of the highest-paid television people in the world. I feel like I've made a difference in my viewers' lives, that I've been influential.

People would write me hate letters. How dare I try to represent Hispanics when I was so white? I tried to make them see it was racism.