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.

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.

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.

The reason everything falls apart around me, but I don’t is because my angels keep me standing up.

Knowledge can be communicated but not wisdom.

Not at all do I trust augurs, who enrich the ears of others, so that they can enrich their own homes with gold.

I'm not saying all publishers have to be literary, but some interest in books would help.

The legislator learns that when you talk a lot, you get in trouble. You have to listen a lot to make deals.

Hope is a stance, not an assessment.

We cannot come to honour under Coverlet.

I don't read music. I don't write it. So I wander around on the guitar until something starts to present itself.

Children are paparazzi. They take your picture with their minds when you don't want them to see you at your worst. Trust me, they SEE and HEAR everything.

Never retract, never explain, never apologize; get things done and let them howl.