A lot of women feel ashamed to be weak.

Women of color: if you're over 40 and you get fat, you will work. But if you're hot and over 40 and a woman of color, they don't know what to do with you.

Face dance means you don't know what the hell the rest of your body was doing but your face is fierce. That's face dancing.

I did not try to conform to anybody's ideal of what a Latin celebrity or movie star should be. I took a lot of hits for it.

I am a positive person. I never think of the glass as half empty. I just keep pushing forward.

You know, you may not be born in Puerto Rico, but Puerto Rican is definitely born in you.

In movies, you have a production assistant carrying your chair around and getting you coffee. In theater, no one carries your chair, no one gets you your coffee, there's no craft service, there's no per diem. The only thing that is provided for you is coffee, tea, sugar and milk. It doesn't matter how big a star you are or whatever.