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" All my life, I faced sexism and racism and then, when I hit 40, ageism. "

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" 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. "

" You've got to make a decision when you write about your life, and I decided I was going to be honest, and some of those things will be embarrassing. "

" When I was a little girl, there was no Variety Latino. When I was a little girl, there was no nothing. There were very few roles for people like myself. "

" It's not easy having a partnership in this business. "

" I'm one of the happiest people I know. I truly am. And it's genuine. "

" Is there a grandmother that isn't spunky on television? Is there such a creature? "

" I live in the moment. The moment is the most important thing. That's my entire philosophy: Make the best of the good moments. "

" I was dancing for my grandpa from the time I was 4 or 5 years old in Puerto Rico. "

" The one thing I really learned, and learned well, in group therapy was that you don't die if someone doesn't like you. "

" 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. "

" I'm a raucous Puerto Rican! "

" I watch 'Singin' in the Rain' at least once a year with my grandchildren, and they just adore it. "

" My first American experience was in the harbor of New York City when I saw that amazing big, tall lady. I remember thinking, 'Oh my goodness, a lady runs this country.' "

" You can wish to have an Oscar someday or some other award, but Life Achievement? You don't see yourself that way. "

" Beyonce moves a lot. She's astonishing, dances and sings at the same time. She is buff. "

" Doing 'Life Without Makeup' onstage is what inspired me to do a book in the first place. "

" I just love details; I love trying to make the reader smell what I was smelling at the time and see what I was seeing. Textures, too - all that kind of stuff is probably my strong suit as far as my writing goes, I would say. "

" My grandkids are everything to me. For me, family is all! "

" I think Jennifer Lopez is a phenom. And as far as I'm concerned, she's really a very smart businesswoman. "

" I've always believed that I had talent, even when I felt like a very inferior sort of person, which I spent a lot of time living my life feeling that I wasn't worthy. "

" I don't want to miss out on my grandchildren and my daughter, and doing Broadway would do just that. "

" You can't, or you shouldn't, be nominated for an Oscar unless you've turned in a performance that's special. "

" The part of my personality that most irritated my husband, some of our big, big disagreements were when I got what he called 'showbiz.' He meant flamboyant or raucous. "

" Any character who had dark skin, I got all those parts. I could play a Polynesian, East Indian princess, whatever. "

" 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. "

" I'm trying as hard as I can to keep pushing the boundaries of what a woman is capable of doing. And it turns out there's a lot we can do. There's a lot we can speak about. "

" 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 was always typecast as a Latina. "

" Oh, I think Scarlett Johansson is a terrific actress. I think she's just marvelous. "