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

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 believe that change keeps you young.

Imagine if I'd said, 'I have to be the best actress - I want that and nothing else.' I never would have directed. I never would have produced. I never would have done a beauty line. I would have just worried about getting a job or been frustrated that I wasn't getting the job that I wanted. I was ready to be a businesswoman.

I don't want to be size zero and I'm glad I'm not.

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.

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