I can learn my lines fine. It’s just reading them in the first place that is the problem.

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

The truth is, I just don't have the drive to be the prettiest and the thinnest. I can be happy for other people for their beauty.

It's more fun to play a good character with a good director and good actors around you. That's what makes it fun, and the more variety, the better.

You can have a spiritual awakening and discover a new side of you at any age. And best of all, love can happen at any age. Life can just start to get exciting when you're in your 40s and 50s. You have to believe that.

If you love food and you love red wine and they put you in France, you’re in a good place and you’re in a bad place at the same time. You have to weigh yourself every day, and you have to have an alarm number. When you get to that number, you have to start putting it in reverse.

I had to endure the worst time of all in terms of racial discrimination in Hollywood when i first started out. It was inconcievable to American directors and producers that a Mexican woman could have a lead role.