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.

If we can't look at the good, bad and ugly of who we are, we are never going to progress as people - ever.

Certain people who care about me a lot have said 'You don't play the game, and if you don't play the game, you don't get picked for the team all the time.

We all like indie directors - heck, I even married one... but we're divorced now.

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

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.

In movies, you shoot out of sequence, so the issue of reality is really taken out of it