To be seen and to be respected for my work and acknowledged as a true American Latina... means a lot to me.
There comes a day when you've become comfortable in your skin. But God as my witness, I am going to try to do everything I can to keep this ass together for as long as I possibly can - without going against nature.
Our brains are very animal but also very strange and egotistical. We're narcissistic.
Call me crazy - I love elk meat!
I am fluent in Spanish and I understand French, Italian and Portuguese.
I've witnessed racism all my life. And of course there's racism and discrimination in Hollywood. You go for a part and they say, 'Oh, we really liked her, she's amazing, but we wanted to go with something more traditional'. As if I'm not a traditional American!