There are a lot of magazines that are still sort of... that only cater to a certain demographic and only put certain people on their covers.

There was this book that Judi Dench wrote that said there was a moment where, before an actor can be this or be that, the actor must simply be. I thought that to have absolute presence was to absorb everything that’s thrown at you.

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.

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.

As an artist, I like working with filmmakers that have the balls to kind of imagine the unimaginable. Those are kind of the radicals that I identify with.

Trust me: Studios, investors, filmmakers, they will shift because they just follow the money trail.

I'm very accepting with my age. It's like notches on your belt: experience, wisdom, and a different kind of beauty. There comes a day when you've become comfortable in your skin.