Al Lopez Quotes

It's an honor to walk in the footsteps of a legend. As host I intend to honor the tradition of The Bob Hope Classic and have a great time blazing a new path.

I'd love to have Michael Jackson [in my show] because he's black and white. So he would appeal to a universal demographic.

I look at movies, unfortunately, and I still see a lot of movies [lacking diversity].

If I can make an economic deal with Amazon that works for them and works for me, OK - I'll make it available. But I don't want to be part of restrictions that make life difficult for my guests.

You can’t let the fear of what people might say or think stop you from doing what you want to do or else we would never do anything.

By nature I am not tough, believe it or not.

The minute I feel nervousness or anxiety or fear, I go, 'No, no, that's not a thought that I need to have right now. Everything's great, everything's good, you're going to be fine'.

Being on camera, you have a responsibility to look good. If you don't, you'll hear about it.

For me, fashion is an expression of who I am right in that moment - so what you're seeing is what I'm influenced by now.

Mommy. It's just the one thing you don't want to mess up.

It's a real roller-coaster ride if you're lucky to have longevity in this business - you have to be able to ride those waves.

I'm very comfortable with being productive. I like doing things, and I like creating things. As far as being powerful, I guess I'm comfortable with it. It's not really how I think of myself.

When I turned 40, I was like, huh. I accept myself more now. It was much more comforting.

I remember when I was 33 or 34, it was devastating because I realized I wasn't a kid anymore. The great thing about 40 was that I really felt like I had life experience and knew what I was doing now.

I remain an eternal optimist about love. I believe in love.

A nickname is not supposed to be your only name. I miss Jennifer a bit.

I'm grateful for everything I have. I'm grateful for it all. I'm grateful for love most of all because I have a lot of it in my life.

It makes me laugh when she says she [Salma Hayek] got offered Selena, which was an outright lie. If that's what she does to get herself publicity than that's her thing.

I know that being seen as a role model means taking responsibility for all my actions. I am human, and of course, sometimes I make mistakes. But I promise that when I fall, I get back up.

When you have children, you realise you can't plan anything. There's no Plan A, no Plan B. Life will happen and you will go with it.

Ain't it funny how a moment could just change your life, and you don't want to face what's wrong or right. Ain't it strange how fate can play a part, in the story of your heart.

I just think that the whole diva thing is a misrepresentation of who I am.

A romantic comedy has to be funny and make you think about life; but the obstacle that has to be overcome is key.

It's like being in the middle of a tornado. It's like, whooooooosh, you know what I'm saying? It's like Dorothy-you wake up and find yourself in the land of Oz.

I've been married twice and I've tried to make it work, but I feel I haven't had a real marriage yet.

People think because I'm shaped this way, I'm scandalous

I think the best partner for you is someone who makes you want to be the best form of yourself.

I think that's what a partnership is - you take the positives from both people and incorporate them.

I think to give something a chance, to really get to know somebody, you want to do it out of the public eye.

When we graduated from college and law school, we had a mountain of debt.

And I never ask what I'm doing the next day. I don't want to know what I'm doing tomorrow. It's much too overwhelming. So I just go day by day, without knowing.

Throughout my career I've always felt like certain things come to me at the right time.

I do know a lot about Scientology. And I know about the practices. I know all about what the technology is and all that kind of stuff. It's very helpful.

I kind of feel like everybody knew anyway. I was on tour with a bubble gut!

Maybe I'll have something out by Christmas, maybe not. I don't know, I'm really trying to take my time and do what feels right. (about the next step in her music career)

I just never really gave myself any credit. And because of that, nobody else did either. You mirror what the world mirrors to you.

I wasn't the most popular girl in class, I had my friends, but I was comfortable with myself. There's always those most popular girls and I wasn't one of those.

I don't get anything for free. I pay for all my beauty treatments.

A lucky model who's been given a lot of opportunities I just wish she [Cameron Diaz] would have done more with.

I would never speak about specifics in my own relationships because I think it's tacky. If you seriously want to know, listen to the music.

My favorite holiday is my birthday-it's very Leo.

I'm passionate, I'm driven at my job and I also am compassionate with people. We all think we can save somebody that we love.

I don't look at people and see color and race. I see inside.

I'm not stupid. I would like to have some businesses that grow so I won't have to be out there on the road when I'm 44.

This film [the Cell] certainly is not meant for the girls who sing along with my songs.

Nobody wants to hear celebrity complain

I feel like I haven't started yet. I'm looking forward to the ninth album, the thirtieth movie.

I can't help but be a different person now that I've had kids. That really does change your whole perspective on life for the better.

It's not that serious I never put that much thought into us It wasn't that I loved you I was curious

I had such a reputation, and it was sad because I felt like it so didn't represent who I really was.