Autism doesn't have to define a person. Artists with autism are like anyone else: They define themselves through hard work and individuality.

Being Latina to me is living your life like it's a big old fiesta!

Always remember that somebody is praying for the opportunity that you have.

I honestly really, really love Topshop. I've bought a lot of booties from there. I think they have a great selection of really funky booties at Topshop.

Don't ever give up. Believe in yourself or no one else will. My personal saying is: 'I'd rather die knowing that I tried to do what I love.'

I think the most important thing that I've learned is that you live and you learn. Try not to make the same mistakes twice.

I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth; I came from really humble beginnings - the projects of New York City - and I worked my way to get to where I am.

You can be afraid to voice your opinions but you just fight through it. It's like NIKE okay you just do it.

I feel like in L.A., you wake up, you put your diamond studs on, put your workout gear, your cute shades, and it is kind of the outfit you stay in the entire day.

Everybody knows I have the ratchetest booty tattoo of an ex-boyfriend.

Live and act within the limit of your knowledge and keep expanding it to the limit of your life.

The greatest act of courage is to be and to own all of who you are — without apology, without excuses, without masks to cover the truth of who you are.

He plays the same game, but for the first time in his life he is truly playing, rather than working, being a human, and this is a vast distinction realized by few.

To grow up is to wonder about things

If you look at the people in Hollywood who are heavy partiers, they're selfish, self-centered and egotistical.

What I don't like in movies dealing with the illustration of altered states of consciousness is that usually you see the guy from the outside.

In my work, I wanted something irreducible, an absence of the gimmicky and clever.

Everything, as you well know . . . cannot always be sweetness and light.

It's amazing how someone's IQ seems to double as soon as you give them responsibility and indicate that you trust them.

The film business is absurd. Stars don't last very long. It's much more interesting to be a proper actor.