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.

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

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.

If you love someone let them go. If they return to you it was meant to be. If they don't their love was never yours to begin with.

We are all special cases.

I've always been like that. I was a tomboy when I was a kid, so I was always playing baseball and basketball and football and stuff as a kid with the boys.

You will never have enough time to do everything you need to do, so what you need is a crystal clear understanding of the important things you have to do.

I don't really want to do the Hollywood thing, I think you ought to try to say something with your movies.

Infinite Mind will put ideas into your mind, words into your mouth, creativity into your hands, boundless opportunity before you, and guiding light on your way.

Whenever you feel like criticizing any one... just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.

I won't let people write anything they want to about me.

Eleven on a scale of ten, honey, let me introduce you to my redneck friend.

The worst of a modern stylish mansion is that it has no place for ghosts.