I love beating the men. When I beat 'em in the ratings, when I beat 'em in the salary, I always say, 'One more for the girls.

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.

People look at you and see that you've made it, but sometimes they forget that it took you years of being a human being.

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.

The difference between Oprah Winfrey and me is about $200 million.

I'm a royal pain in the behind.

Like most Latinas, I'm not afraid to speak my mind.