I realize now that I've hoped to be great - as an actress, as a mother - because I want to embody the greatness of women who didn't get to be all they could have been. Their dignity, their courage, and their brilliance make me strive to be better. They're a part of me.

This is not love. It is a crime... You can't look the other way just because you have not experienced domestic violence with your own flesh.

I keep waiting to meet a man who has more balls than I do.

A mother is willing and capable of doing anything for her children. You can justify it if you do something for your children, especially as a Mexican mother. I don't know about some other nationalities, but the Mexican mothers are like that. They will do anything for their children.

I think if I was not in love, I would probably let myself go faster. Love gives me the vanity to continue.

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

...you have to understand that motherhood has to be your priority. It's important work.