Sometimes we get too caught up in wanting to do that one movie that will get seen and approved and nominated, that we lose sight that there are so many other movies that are worth your time.

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.

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.

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

since the thing perhaps isto eat flowers and not to be afraid

Dreams are nervy things—all it takes is for one stern word to be spoken in their direction and they shrivel up and die.

Bill [Clinton] is every bit as black as Barack. He's probably gone with more black women than Barack.

It’s like a cotillion, this partners business, except with killing.” “So, exactly like a cotillion,” said Simon.

Self-denial is often the sacrifice of one sort of self-love for another.

I think one of the problems the Democrats have today is that they are an elitist party.

There's a certain kind of lonely man who rejects love, because he believes that anyone who offers it wouldn't be a lover worth having.

It's a human instinct to be known.

Yeah, I'm from Jersey; it's almost like I was automatically born a Nets fan.

Each present joy or sorrow seems the chief.