If there's anything that I've always said about myself is that to me, it's much more important for me to get to work with filmmakers that I've grown up loving and admiring.

People think of Latina women as being fiery and fierce, which is usually true. But I think the quality that so many Latinas possess is strength. I'm very proud to have Latin blood.

Glamour is about feeling good in your own skin.

I have a hyper personality.

A child speaks more sense than an adult half of the time.

Growing up, my dolls were doctors and on secret missions. I had Barbie Goes Rambo.

It's ok to say, 'this is what I want' and go after it.

Sometimes we have to be patient because the one thing that is inevitable in life is evolution. Whether it comes at the pace that we are expecting it or not, it’s inevitable.

I just want to be a part of great stories, whether I'm part of an amazing ensemble cast or I'm leading it or the antagonist or whatever.

Fathers, sons, brothers, men everywhere: Your legacy will not perish if you take your partner's surname, or she keeps hers.

I always strive to keep a balance with my fears. I don't like to be ruled by them. At the same time, I don't like the idea of living my life totally free of any fears. I like having that moderation.

Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.

To be thrown upon one's own resources is to be cast into the very lap of fortune; for our faculties then undergo a development and display an energy of which they were previosly unsusceptible.

Martial arts have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember.

A pretty face can capture my attention but only a beautiful mind can hold it.

I'd rather wonder than get answers I couldn't live with.

Do you want to be rich or not? Let's get focused on that, buddy

I'm an action fanatic.

And as the Italian proverb says, 'Revenge is the dish which people of taste prefer to eat cold.'

When I made my theoretical model, I could not have guessed that people would try to realise it with Molotov cocktails.

Make room for the Lord in your homes and in your hearts, and He will be your companion. He will be by your side.