I’ll tell you, there is nothing better in life than being a late bloomer. I believe that success can happen at any time and at any age.
I became obsessed with all these women who die never feeling they did anything extraordinary with their lives.
I don’t believe in the so-called Latino explosion when it comes to movies. Jennifer Lopez doesn’t have an accent. She grew up in New York speaking English, not Spanish. Her success is very important because she represents a different culture, but it doesn’t help me.
I’m not a skinny girl. I push it. I’m at the limit of chubbiness at all times, but I’m happy at all times.
You want to do movies that your children can watch, and that your children can have fun at and enjoy the experience of shooting.
I didn’t think marriage worked. I thought everybody who was married was secretly miserable – that it was something they just put up with for their children.
I just love life. I’m excited about things in life. I think that if you’re excited about life, you are excited about waking up and doing things with your life every day.
I think I’m very good at adjusting to anything and to any situation, and if you are good at being in the moment and adjusting, you can actually have a clear vision of what to do with things or how to do things.
Some men have a silly theory about beautiful women – that somewhere along the line they’ll turn into a monster. That movie gave them a chance to watch it happen.
A mother is willing and capable of doing anything for her children. You can justify it if you do something for your children, especially as a Mexican mother. I don’t know about some other nationalities, but the Mexican mothers are like that. They will do anything for their children.
Producing is hell, writing is frustrating, acting is really satisfying, directing is heaven.
I’m concerned about my daughter because she will not believe in Santa Claus. No matter what I say to her, she just doesn’t buy it, and she’s 2. I refuse to give it up. I say, ‘There is a Santa Claus,’ and she says, ‘Okay, Mommy. In pretend world, right?’ She really doesn’t believe.
If I go on a diet and work out, I’m always in a bad mood. I’d rather be a little heavier but nice.
No surgical tweaks. No Botox either. I think it is terrible, these girls in their late 20s injecting their faces and lips. One told me, If I kill my muscles now, I’ll never get wrinkles. Can you imagine?
If you love food and you love red wine and they put you in France, you’re in a good place and you’re in a bad place at the same time. You have to weigh yourself every day, and you have to have an alarm number. When you get to that number, you have to start putting it in reverse.
I’ve never had anything done on my face. I’ve never had dermabrasion or peels or injections of any kind, nothing.
Do I envy Madonna’s body? Yes. Do I thank God that she has it? Yes! If you’re fifty-something and you look like Madonna, and you put a lifetime’s work in the way you look, then flash it to the world!
Find your own style. Don’t spend your savings trying to be someone else. You’re not more important, smarter, or prettier because you wear a designer dress.
For me, I have to say that I like to work a lot too, but I like not working better. The perfect scenario is when you just worked and you know something’s coming up, then you have four, five, six months off. But you know you’re going to have a job later.
Hollywood has definitely grown, in embracing the inclusion of Latinos in the world, because, for some time, we didn’t exist. We were not part of any stories.