I don't understand labels. I don't need anybody to tell me I'm Latina or black or anything else. I've played characters that were written for Caucasian females, I just want to be given the same consideration as everybody else, and so far that has been happening.

I love the anxiety, the pressure of the loud room full of yapping kids. But I'm a kid myself.

I love being in space. I love being challenged by great roles that a company like Marvel creates amazing movies that no only give audiences an adventure but also give us as artists an opportunity for us to be challenged to embody amazing, multilayered characters.

I knew who Leonard Nimoy was, and that he embodied what Star Trek meant to all the fans. But it wasn't until I started doing my research for this movie, and started going to fan sites, that I began to fall in love with these characters.

I just want to be part of great stories that are told and for them to be relevant.

I love women. I worship women. Don’t want to be any other woman but myself.

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