You need one hundred percent commitment; you have to be willing to wake up every morning knowing you're going to [practice] eight hours straight.

When I act, a part of me goes into the character I am playing.

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

I want to be in the small percentage of women who don't settle for conventional roles.

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

I know the responsibility that entails from telling a story. The one thing I despise the most is when I go to a movie and I see a whole bunch of lazy actors making me waste my time and money.

Every character has their reasons - even the characters who do dumb things.