Music is a very big participant in everything I do, from the moment I wake up to the moment I go to bed.

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.

A person's character is but half formed till after wedlock.

You have reached the pinnacle of success as soon as you become uninterested in money, compliments, or publicity.

It is better by assenting to truth to conquer opinion, than by assenting to opinion to be conquered by truth.

He that shuns trifles must shun the world.

It’s not a requirement to eat animals, we just choose to do it, so it becomes a moral choice and one that is having a huge impact on the planet, using up resources and destroying the biosphere.

The best part about getting knocked down is standing back up knowing what you didn't before.

This idea of having back-up plans is ingrained into us to make us believe that that's the smart thing to do.

Suffering can serve us. Suffering tests our trust in God's promises. And we have a great interest in knowing the truth about our trust in Him.

I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress.

I've got kids now and they will constantly pull you into the here and now - they are very present and very vivid.