During the darkest periods in recent history, of course, the most subversive things you could do is think, read if you can get the material and remind yourself that love exists.

The fact that that's the difference between Mexicans and Cubans is pronounced. It's so immediately recognizable, the way a Cuban speaks, the way a Cuban moves the hands.

I started in 1946 in radio. I was ten years old. I was discovered singing in a school play. Someone was in the audience and it's six degrees of separation.

You know, a low budget, you have to work harder. You have to plan well; you don't have much time to rehearse.

Which reminds me of a fortune cookie: you often find your destiny on the path you take to avoid it.

It's the strings vibrating at the same time but separately that makes a good marriage. It messy, it's complicated and it's quite wonderful.

Every day is Valentine's Day! I'm a hopeless romantic.