Al Lopez Quotes

Sometimes when you win, you think you're going to get everything to go your way.

Angie, I've seen my mom wrestle two cops to the ground with a taser dart in her neck, and you cry when your shoes pinch. Good luck, Bambi!

I prefer my Mexican food to have a little bit of an animal that suffered a little bit. That's some of the best food.

Max: What's a period? George: It's a bullet we dodge, go get ready.

It was June 4, 1979, the first time I went on stage. I didn't know I could do it but I knew I couldn't not do it. I quit everything in my life and this was the one thing I couldn't quit.

Sarah Palin is Latina. Pay-leen. She has an infant and a grandkid the same age. Latina!

You have to strike the deals, and they have an interest in them. With a revenue share model where you're already splitting with the studios, you have to do something with Fandango and so on.

The path between intention to watch a movie and the purchase of a ticket - I want to make it as short as possible. The holy grail is Amazon One Click. One tap and I own it.

I only do what my gut tells me to. I think it's smart to listen to other people's advice, but at the end of the day, you're the only one who can tell you what's right for you.

You like the way I dress The way I wear my hair Show me off to all your friends Baby, I don't care Just as long as you tell them who I am Tell them I'm the one that made you give a damn

I like to maintain a certain sense of fantasy in my life.

But the idea of taking things and mixing them together is what I do in my music. I take hip-hop, R&B, pop, dance, funk and soul and mix it all together to get my own sound.

I have no ego. There is no way you can have a big ego and survive in this [show]business. You can't learn if you think no one else has anything to say that's of value.

I really felt the growth of myself as a human being, as a person [becoming a mother].

And I deal with all that by being like a perfectionist. But that's okay.

In Hollywood, she's revered, she gets nominated for Oscars, but I've never heard anyone in the public or among my friends say, 'Oh, I love Winona Ryder.'

Treat a woman how you'd want someone to treat your mom.

I love talking about women because they are a constant study and you're always learning.

That's what 90 percent of the people talk about when they're first exposed to the fish.

Eventually though, I'd like to have my own production company. Then I could create great opportunities not only for myself, but for other actors as well

Golf is a difficult game, but it's a little easier if you trust your instincts. It's too hard a game to try to play like someone else.

The pressure makes me more intent about each shot. Pressure on the last few holes makes me play better.

I'm still trying to figure out how I feel about anything at any given moment. When you feel like you've arrived somewhere, that's the real problem.

I was approached personally by the Gibson Corporation.

Once you have a lot of success, you become a target in many ways.

I lay there knowing something eerie ties us to the world of animals. Sometimes the animals pull you backward into it. You share hunger and fear with them like salt in blood.

The attempt to close the gap between what is known and what IS, is the temptation behind the apple in Genesis.

My function as a writer is to provide an atmosphere in which people can think wisely about what we're doing on this planet.

We need to get better at voting and be a voice for the people who do not have one.

I think we all feel the same things most of the time, we just don't know how to put it into words. When I'm on stage, I say it. The truth makes people laugh.

I got a pain in my chest, and I can't breathe

When you go to cable, there are no stations and no affiliates and they allow you to do your show

Making a movie about one group of people isolates the larger majority. That's what I require of the projects that I'm involved with. I would not ever make a movie strictly for Latinos.

Shows should just be able to be shows without hyphenating their lead characters.

I never realized I could love people as much as I do now.

Whenever it feels uncomfortable to tell the truth, that's often the most important time to tell it.

Always remember, you will live, you will love, you will dance again.

I like to maintain a certain sense of fantasy. At home, do I have the full hair and makeup? No. But I might have the nice dress on.

When I was in my 20s I wasn't sure of myself. Now I can really stretch. I don't have to stay in the box. At this point I can say to myself, So what if I fall, so what? I'm going to get back up.

I like to cook Puerto Rican food. That's what I grew up on: rice, beans, meat, some Italian-American food. I know my way around the kitchen.

I thought she'd [her mother] offer me some sympathy. Instead, she said, 'Don't you ever call me crying again! You wanted to be in this business, so you better toughen up!' And I did.

I know it's hard for women to tap into that feeling of self-worth. We need to get the message out that you are valued, you are a goddess and don't forget that.

Just making sure that they both felt equally loved is what was tough about the twins.

I had a lovely pregnancy. It was a beautiful, magical time for us.

But from the time I was very little, it was something I would do all the time, just sing, dance and act. So it wasn't something that was fake or contrived as I got older.

The gift of The Giver is something good and true and beautiful about what is good and true and beautiful in humanity.

In 1979, we thought it would be easier to take power. The intervention of the United States has changed the circumstances.

My swing is no uglier than Arnold Palmer's, and it's the same ugly swing every time.

You're constantly guided by the last thing you made.

When you feel in love with an ex, it isn't that you still love him, but that you are simply stuck in the idea of what YOU did wrong.