I want to work for a long, long time and keep growing in my work, and if I am very lucky and very blessed, maybe somewhere along the line there will be one movie in there that becomes a classic.

I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder.

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

They offered me that film before I did Frida and I said, no, I'm not capable of directing. Then after seeing Julie direct, I was inspired by it. She motivated me to do it, because we don't have role models as woman for directors.

What once was an expression of who I was - acting - also became my hiding place.

Life is tough; and if you have the ability to laugh at it, you have the ability to enjoy it.

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.