Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time.

I don't like things like little sandals that look fragile. I like to look strong and commanding.

I'm a girl from Queens. I've never gone, 'What am I doing today? Oh, I'm gonna grab a gun and learn how to use it.'

If there's any relevant influence we may have with an investor, with a studio, with a director, with an actor, I think we have to fight.

If there's anything that I've always said about myself is that to me, it's much more important for me to get to work with filmmakers that I've grown up loving and admiring.

Every time an adult is going to write something for a teenager and you don't have, physically, a person who is that, you are always going to be a little off.

People think of Latina women as being fiery and fierce, which is usually true. But I think the quality that so many Latinas possess is strength. I'm very proud to have Latin blood.