I don't believe in the so-called Latino explosion when it comes to movies. Jennifer Lopez doesn't have an accent. She grew up in New York speaking English, not Spanish. Her success is very important because she represents a different culture, but it doesn't help me.

I've never had anything done on my face. I've never had dermabrasion or peels or injections of any kind, nothing.

I think it's not a femme fatale when someone is not doing it to manipulate men or be like a black widow. She loves him. She does it out of love. She wants him so badly to stay with her.

What works in a relationship of very public people is not making the relationship public - keeping it as personal as it can be. It's the only way it is real.

My driving abilities from Mexico have helped me get through Hollywood.

How I would describe my characters is absolutely different from how I would describe myself.

There has never been a female director who has won an Oscar. There has only been one woman who won at the Cannes Film Festival.