Life is tough; and if you have the ability to laugh at it, you have the ability to enjoy it.

I do have a Mexican accent, but that doesn't mean that I'm a Latin vamp.

When I finally decided to leave school and pursue acting, my parents didn't take it very lightly. My friends thought that it was the tackiest thing they'd ever heard of. Acting was really beneath them. They couldn't believe that I would want to become an actress. Not now, of course.

If it wasn't because of my high heels, I would still be in Coatzacoalcos with 10 children.

When I started acting, I was told over and over again, 'You're no good.' But I said to myself, 'You've got to keep it up.'

Do I envy Madonna’s body? Yes. Do I thank God that she has it? Yes! If you’re fifty-something and you look like Madonna, and you put a lifetime’s work in the way you look, then flash it to the world!

I think that a lot of women that know they're going to be part of history somehow decide to have a character to be remembered by.