I still haven't played a leading role in cinema or in TV, and that's something that I long for.

I'm fearless, I don't complain. Even when horrible things happen to me, I go on.

I don't think God cares if I wear nail polish or not. I don't think that's a deal breaker for him.

I never thought I would get such a perfect role in 'Modern Family.' A lot of TV shows now are looking for more Latin women.

I love jewelry - rings, earrings, bracelets, necklaces, you name it.

Beauty is really all about confidence. If you feel beautiful, then you are beautiful.

Never take no personally. Sometimes people tell you no for a reason that has nothing to do with you. You must keep going.

My problem is desserts. I am obsessed with desserts.

I guess at the end of the day, all women like to be appreciated and treated with respect and kindness.

I can turn around and scream and get angry, but I turn around and I forget about it.

Listen, I'm not afraid of anything. I'm Colombian.

What a folly to dread the thought of throwing away life at once and yet have no regard to throwing it away by parcels and piecemeal.

The No. 1 thing I am earnestly attracted to is intelligence.

During the days in detention, I thought most about the moon.

...True prayer is measured by weight, not by length. A single groan before God may have more fullness of prayer in it than a fine oration of great length.

A perfume is more than an extract it is a presence in abstraction. A perfume, for me, is a mystique.

The [nonprofit] sector enhances our creativity, enlivens our communities, nurtures individual responsibility, stirs life at the grassroots, and reminds us that we were born free.

We don't call it sin today, we call it self-expression.

It was terrible when a single conversation with someone determined your whole future relationship.

She asks if I left a girlfriend behind when we moved. I say no, and she smiles, which just about ruins me.

Our history is an aggregate of last moments