I want my mother to think - she's a tough fashion critic.

Being sexy is just one component. It's not a thing I am. It's a thing I can be. It's a side of myself I can tap into, just like I can tap into my funny side, my quirky side or my dramatic side. It's not what I am.

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

We seem okay with violence, but nudity we race to criticize and censor.

I am a man with an open mind. I really don't know anything, but I'm very interested in the spiritual and the material.

I remember reading scripts when I started in the business, and [Latino roles] were either nonexistent or written as the maid or a drug dealer. We're no longer just that. I'll play any part that challenges me. What's important is that all races have choices.

It's tapping into something so deep that when I reap the rewards, I do not even know I'm reaping them. It's a more overall kinda thing.