It takes a lot of courage to face up to things you can't do because we feed ourselves so much denial.

The biggest battle that I have is being a woman in the world. That takes center stage for me.

To be seen and to be respected for my work and acknowledged as a true American Latina... means a lot to me.

Glamour is about feeling good in your own skin.

I'm a kid from New York, so urban life reflected into art and music was around me and accessible and tangible.

I grew up loving action movies and films that were set in supernatural, unimaginable places. So I take being a woman in the film industry who is able to do action movies very seriously because I'm making the kind of movies that I wanted to watch as I was a kid and that inspired me and are the reason as to why I am here.

I find it really frustrating when people go, "I want to be famous and glamorous like you."