If you tell people your ambitions, they usually laugh at you. When I told my girlfriends when I was 12 that I was going to Hollywood, they all laughed. And here I am!

Hindsight is wonderful. It's always very easy to second guess after the fact.

I wanted control over the merchandising, the actual packaging of the product. That was a big factor. The only way for me to exercise control on all those levels was to start my own label.

Sometimes it seems like you and me against the world.

I am strong, I am invincible, I am woman.

If I have to, I can do anything.

I did my own music videos, my own TV commercials.

I am woman, hear me roar, in numbers too big to ignore, and I know too much to go back and pretend.

A lot of women are turned off by the physical appearance of some of the first feminists.

Depression, as far as I'm concerned, is just a waste of time.

I always believed that I could make it or I would never have spent so many years trying to get here.

Mellow is the man who knows what he's been missing

You have no idea how powerful it can be the truth.""No tienes ni idea de lo poderosa que puede ser la verdad.

The Bush administration is the most diverse in history because the president fills jobs on the basis of a person's capabilities and qualifications, not on the color of his or her skin.

I went on television and I wouldn't say a word; I feel so stupid when I watch them again.

I want to be an actress when I'm on set, not just a model. Those are the moments I live for.

Salesmanship, too, is an art; the perfection of its technique requires study and practice.

Dominican men are told to look at women all the time, but they're definitely not told to see them.

Just keep going - no feeling is final.

see the things that you want as already yours

I'd love a day devoid of responsibilities. I've often thought about going to a hotel just to have a day away from everything.