I'm an actress. To be honest, it's a very awkward business. It's one of those things where it's almost like a first date. There's a way you want to come across. You want to show your goods. The truth starts to slip out sometimes.

I'm a trained actress and I can do it, but I think that you have to prove yourself

Maybe something that's acceptable in your teens or 20s is unacceptable in your 30s or 40s

I love sleeping. If there was an Olympics for it, I'd take gold. I'm Cuban. We love to sleep.

Yet in the celebrity-obsessed culture, where everything of you is a shot on the red carpet, I don't want that to dominate my image. First and foremost, I am an actor. I want great roles.

It's challenging being a woman. There are other kinds of obstacles that come your way, but there are many times that being Latin has actually helped me, being a Cuban-American has helped me.

I love having a man in my life, and being his woman at the end of the day. I know it's a dichotomy.