Bigger than life is not difficult for me. I am bigger than life.

It is through art that we will prevail and we will endure. It lives on after us and defines us as people.

I believe staying young at heart is all in one's personal attitude... you can't instill that in anyone.

You don't die if someone doesn't like you.

I'm an actress, and I am Latina.

People tell me I look good these days. I look good because I feel good. I know people who are older than I am who are twenty-five... It's all about attitude. To me, age is just a number.

Puerto Ricans are many colors - we are Spanish, we're French, we're Thai, Indian, we're almost black, some of us.

I love playing people who don't have a sense of humor for instance, there's nothing funnier to me than a person with no sense of humor.

I'm one of the most joyous people I've ever met.

You can't, or you shouldn't, be nominated for an Oscar unless you've turned in a performance that's special.

I deliberately state my age because it keeps me honest. I think lying is a bad idea. Sooner or later, someone's going to catch you.

How we give matters. If your thoughts & goals are selfish, than so be your fief. For it is through the heart that we prosper & through each other that we grow.

Failure is always new information, and those who are willing to suffer it repeatedly make it a stepping-stone to success.

His eyes were like two wafers of slate, grey and lifeless.

Being with him makes me feel different.

That which is horrifying to you don't do to anybody else.

They call me racist too just because I disagree with a President who happens to be black. You are not racists - you are patriots.

If people who say they love their children meant it, would there be war? And would there be division of nationalities - would there be these separations?

Even though the art world goes through trends, you do know that it'll come up again.

Tyranny is for the worst of treasons.

The only advice I can give you is what you're telling yourself. Only, maybe you're too scared to listen.