I have a great career, and no matter what I am doing, a big blockbuster movie... or my small documentary, David Letterman will call and say I would like you to sit on my couch.

You know, you may not be born in Puerto Rico, but Puerto Rican is definitely born in you.

Face dance means you don't know what the hell the rest of your body was doing but your face is fierce. That's face dancing.

In my circle of friends, I've always been loud and funny and talkative. But as soon as I step out of that circle, I get very quiet and introspective. I don't want the spotlight on me.

You can learn steps, but you cannot learn how to boogie.

If we can't look at the good, bad and ugly of who we are, we are never going to progress as people - ever.

If I see a door comin' my way, I'm knockin' it down. And if I can't knock down the door, I'm sliding through the window.

You never understand how dear your privacy is until you lose it.

I did not try to conform to anybody's ideal of what a Latin celebrity or movie star should be. I took a lot of hits for it.

In movies, you shoot out of sequence, so the issue of reality is really taken out of it

I am a positive person. I never think of the glass as half empty. I just keep pushing forward.

When we will learn to be nonjudgmental with ourselves and to others this world will see the peace forever.

Christmas, when observed with the right spirit, still has the power to call miracles from Heaven to Earth.

The thing that is important is the thing that is not seen.

I care about the diversity of the mindset of the people creating our future, and the windows through which we see it, and the tools we use to build it.

The favor of God does not bless self-promotion

I want more awareness of humanity in this world.

I like a world where each of us has the tools to be able to make able to make our own decisions.

Be intense, passionate, and fired up, but about things that matter, things that change your life and your legacy.

Characterization requires a constant back-and-forth between the exterior events of the story and the inner life of the character.

A rat is a pig is a dog is a boy. They're all animals.