Is there a grandmother that isn't spunky on television? Is there such a creature?

You can't, or you shouldn't, be nominated for an Oscar unless you've turned in a performance that's special.

When I walk, I try to set a fairly brisk rate. I love walking outside. I hate machines like treadmills. The path that I have chosen to walk is just city streets, but you see pretty houses, trees... my routes have some hills in them; it's not just straight walking. You have to exercise your heart and lungs.

It is through art that we will prevail and we will endure. It lives on after us and defines us as people.

Bigger than life is not difficult for me. I am bigger than life.

Puerto Ricans are many colors - we are Spanish, we're French, we're Thai, Indian, we're almost black, some of us.

I'm so happy. I'm one of the happiest people I know. I truly am.