I think that would be ungrateful if I were upset because I'm seen as attractive or sexy. That's opened so many doors for me in my life.

I always heard that immigrants had a really hard life when they came to America.

I still haven't played a leading role in cinema or in TV, and that's something that I long for.

I went to a school run by Catholic nuns. They were really strict.

I'm a natural blonde. But when I started acting, I would go to auditions and they didn't know where to put me because I was voluptuous and had the accent - but I had blonde hair. It was ignorance: they thought every Latin person looks like Salma Hayek.

My problem is desserts. I am obsessed with desserts.

When I get ready for an event, I always look at myself in the mirror and say, 'I look like a transvestite,' I love it.