I know the responsibility that entails from telling a story. The one thing I despise the most is when I go to a movie and I see a whole bunch of lazy actors making me waste my time and money.

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.

Glamour is about feeling good in your own skin.

I have a hyper personality.

A child speaks more sense than an adult half of the time.

Growing up, my dolls were doctors and on secret missions. I had Barbie Goes Rambo.

It's ok to say, 'this is what I want' and go after it.

Sometimes we have to be patient because the one thing that is inevitable in life is evolution. Whether it comes at the pace that we are expecting it or not, it’s inevitable.

I just want to be a part of great stories, whether I'm part of an amazing ensemble cast or I'm leading it or the antagonist or whatever.

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.

Fathers, sons, brothers, men everywhere: Your legacy will not perish if you take your partner's surname, or she keeps hers.

It's woman's power, food is. You be sure you know where'n the hook is before swallerin' it, Dru. You mind me, now.

Whenever I'm asked what college I attended I'm tempted to reply Thornton Wilder'.

When I'm ready, I plan to adopt. I still believe in family.

I like simple things. Elastic waists, so I can eat.

I was just so sick. I thought that orange juice was going to make me fat.

Acting is where my heart is. I love acting.

As all Art depends on Vision, so the different kinds of Art depend on the different ways in which minds look at things.

I get the same charge from juxtaposition of colors as I do from juxtaposition of chords.

The creative act is not pure. History evidences it. Sociology extracts it. The writer loses Eden, writes to be read and comes to realize that he is answerable.

When something is beautiful in math, everything is just perfectly lined up, and you see through sheer thought that something really beautiful can take place.