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

I always look forward to seeing a man who has more brains than me.

There is a subconscious way of taking violence as a way of expression, as a normality, and it has a lot of effects in the youth in the way they absorb education and what they hope to get out of life.

I'm concerned about my daughter because she will not believe in Santa Claus. No matter what I say to her, she just doesn't buy it, and she's 2. I refuse to give it up. I say, 'There is a Santa Claus,' and she says, 'Okay, Mommy. In pretend world, right?' She really doesn't believe.

I have never denied my background or my culture. I have taught my child to embrace her Mexican heritage, to love my first language, Spanish, to learn about Mexican history, music, folk art, food, and even the Mexican candy I grew up with.

My new movie, Fools Rush In, is a romantic comedy and the girl I play in that is very warm, very sweet.

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