I think I just have this need to be a storyteller. That's why I wasn't a great dancer - I couldn't articulate a story. I was a better choreographer. I have the need to to just express myself in that way. I can't explain it.

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

A lot of women feel ashamed to be weak.

I have a great career, and no matter what I am doing, a big blockbuster movie... or my small documentary, David Letterman will call and say I would like you to sit on my couch.

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.

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.

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