For me, the American promise isn't just an idea or a theory - it's my life story.

I'm a royal pain in the behind.

To realize the American dream, the most important thing to understand is that it belongs to everybody. It's a human dream. If you understand this and work very hard, it is possible.

People look at you and see that you've made it, but sometimes they forget that it took you years of being a human being.

Latin life is rich with warmth, family values and history. I want to bring that beauty into American homes.

How proud I am to be compared to Oprah. I really admire her. She's a minority woman and she's done all this by herself... I'm very happy to be Oprah with salsa and not Donahue in drag.

I have gotten into a lot of trouble in my life for being brutally honest. Sometimes I put both my feet in my mouth. But like Elton John, I'm still standing.

We Latin women are liberated from the neck up, not the neck down.

Being a professional woman, I function the best when I don't distinguish between work and play.

The common denominator all Latinos have is that we want some respect. That's what we're all fighting for.

My hope is to see Tom Cruise jumping on my couch.

It is rarely possible to learn yourself fully.

Nobody touches my ding dongs!

A diamond is just another stone to one who is ignorant of its value.

I'm from Santa Cruz in Northern California, and the 49ers were my dad and I's bonding time.

There are the most fantastic, beautiful things and people out there. It’s up to you to find them.

I'm knocking our pitiful, pathetic lawmakers. And I thank God that President Bush has stated, we need a Constitutional amendment that states that marriage is between a man and a woman.

The revolution that's required isn't a revolution of radical ideas, but the implementation of ideas we already have.

I don’t sit around complaining about the lack of good roles. I will play Raj 85 times and still make him different.

The point is, you have an ethnic heritage and you have a human heritage. Your human heritage includes everything of human value.

I live in Los Angeles and I had been drinking one night, so I was on the walk of fame and I saw Tony Danza's star and I started urinating on it. Just yelling out, 'Who's the boss now?'