I am so, so lucky. I am the luckiest girl in the world, really. And still with access to everything I could possibly want I still say 'Oh dear, what am I going to wear today?' There's no ending to that question!

I also have a film coming up called Breaking Up, and my part in that was not written for a Latina, and my character is not particularly pretty or sexy or exotic.

It breaks my heart because there are some parts I know I would have the right spirit for, and I just don't get them because I have an accent.

My accent was horrible. In Mexico, nobody says, 'You speak English with a good accent.' You either speak English, or you don't: As long as you can communicate, no one cares.

Your empathy for other mothers is such a natural instinct and it's such a beautiful thing that we all connect, and we should all help each other.

I think if you are young and you have children, you still have so much to prove. When you have children later in life, you lose a bit of that urge for working.

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