I'd be stupid not to take into consideration that there are certain things people will not consider me for because my name is Lopez. And I know I can do any kind of role. I don't want anybody to say, Oh, she can't pull this off. So those are barriers that you have to overcome.

Change your way of thinking, change your way of doing, change your way of choosing.

Women should never go without earrings. Passing on them is an opportunity missed.

No matter where I go I know where I came from.

My parents wanted me to be a lawyer. But I don't think I would have been very happy. I'd be in front of the jury singing.

It's like being in the middle of a tornado. It's like, whooooooosh, you know what I'm saying? It's like Dorothy-you wake up and find yourself in the land of Oz.

I love what I do. I have an insatiable appetite for creating things and wanting to get better at what I do and always growing and never stopping. I don't know. It's something I was born with. It's definitely a drive. It's a passion, and it's driven for a love for what I do.