I have tried my whole life to represent my Mexican roots with honor and pride.

I have a farm and I love it there. There's really nothing to do, but even watching the chickens, its fun.

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

I said, 'I'm going to the United States to study with Stella Adler and do movies because nobody here has done it and my passion is films.' But I came here and I didn't speak English, I didn't have a green card, I didn't know I had to have an agent, I couldn't drive, I was dyslexic.

I aim for a lifetime full of movies.

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

I love to cook when I have the time. I don't cook French or Mexican food with exact recipes. I just go to the supermarket and buy things that look good, and I mix it all together and invent something. Ninety-five percent of the time, I'm lucky. Sometimes not so lucky, and I say, 'Let's go out to dinner.'