If I get a hangnail, I don't dare complain! Life is good. I wake up humming.
Let's face it. How often do you see an Asian face in films and television? They are practically invisible. Now and then, you will get one, and, interestingly, he gets the role of a scientist. Isn't that interesting?
I first became aware of Gina Rodriguez when she was just starting out starring on 'Jane the Virgin,' and a friend sent me an article in which she mentioned me.
My mother's feeling about men in general were always a bit of a mystery to me. She had difficulties in Puerto Rico with the men in her life. Her brothers abused her. It's very easy to be judgmental, but more often than not, there are mitigating circumstances, and children are not usually aware of those.
I'm one of those performers who has done just about everything except juggle, and I'm working on that.
I love performing for kids, but you can't play down to them, of course. Then it would be 'Captain Kangaroo.'
I am able to get up and dust myself off and keep moving forward. I'm very stubborn.
I was always typecast as a Latina.
Being the house ethnic was destroying my life and my sense of myself, because I had been consigned to play every dusky maiden you have ever seen in your life in movies.
There are some fabulous treasures of photos of me during the early days of my career; there are these pin-up photos that make me laugh: I look like the poor man's Maria Montez. But there are some I look at, and I didn't realize how sexy I looked back then.
People say that when you get to a certain age that you start to mellow. I have no idea what these people are talking about.
A lot of young Latino actors have said to me, 'Why can't we get an Oscar? Why can't we be nominated?' And the terrible truth is that if you don't get the right parts, you're not going to be. Are you going to get an Oscar nomination for one of those Judd Apatow movies? Not likely, no matter what nationality you are.
Certain roles for older women are aimed at certain older actresses - I'm not one of those. I've been offered any number of Puerto Rican grandmas that I've turned down.
I watch 'Singin' in the Rain' at least once a year with my grandchildren, and they just adore it.
I am a very positive and optimistic person.
I can't dwell on past mistakes.
I was not treated like a serious young actress, and that was very hard. It sent me into psychotherapy, which is one of the smartest things I ever did. It taught me that I had to find value in myself.
I'm a raucous Puerto Rican!
I was born in Puerto Rico - I used to sit in the sun until I looked like a piece of bacon. It's a wonder now that I don't look like an old wallet. I'm a very fortunate person.
I write with my left hand even though I'm right-handed, I walk backwards in a very safe place - anything that engages your brain.
