It's more fun to play a good character with a good director and good actors around you. That's what makes it fun, and the more variety, the better.

I love family films. Of course, as a mother who has to watch so many movies, you really appreciate it when somebody makes a film that is for everybody - family entertainment that's really for the family, where everyone has a good time.

I think that it's important for every single person, no matter what they do in life, to participate in the well-being of humanity and the planet. Don't let a year go by knowing you didn't make an effort to do something - no matter how small - outside your own problems and drama.

Don't try to dress like me or wear your hair like mine. Find your own style.

There is an Arabic writer who wrote philosophy and poetry and who brought all religions and all the world together.

I can learn my lines fine. It’s just reading them in the first place that is the problem.

I was privileged to grow up in Mexico at a time when you could play in the streets. We lived not too far from the ocean, and we would be outside all the time with the neighbours' kids, running free. What better place could there be for a child?