I know the only reason that I haven't gotten many good parts is because I am Latin - and they tell it to my face a lot of times.

If I go on a diet and work out, I'm always in a bad mood. I'd rather be a little heavier but nice.

Being a mother is more exhausting than working, and sometimes I push myself too hard and burn myself out. I can appreciate how exhausting it must be for women who have to do everything themselves all the time.

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.

I aim for a lifetime full of movies.

When I feel stressed, I turn to food for comfort, but I don't like to diet and I'm not good at it.

You know Latin people? African-American people? How our skin ages more slowly? Even though we're dramatic, we move our faces, we eat higher-fat foods, we're the ones with fewer wrinkles - it makes you wonder.