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" I make a lot of soups and stews at home, and I always have fresh bread with it. "

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" I'm an afternoon tea maven. I can tell you who has the best tea in every country. "

" I love Hallmark movies because they make movies that you don't see anymore... and at a time when there is so much evil in the world, it's kind of nice to be able to retreat to something like a Hallmark Movies and Mysteries. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I was a Spanish dancer. I don't mean to put that down, because that was great, too, but nothing like the kind of dancing you had to do in 'West Side Story,' which was called jazz. "

" I started dancing almost before I could walk. "

" I call myself the hardware shelf. There's a lot of awards and honors there. And I have earned that. I didn't ask for it, I didn't beg for it, I didn't pay for it. I earned that. People see the accomplishments - but it's good to remind people that so much strife and labor and tears and heartbreak came before that, that it really is earned. "

" Then there's the story of ill-fated love. It's universal. "

" Elvis was really sweet and kind of bashful, but he didn't have a whole lot to say. "

" You see a script, and you say, 'Oh, I can play the heck out of that,' talk to your agent, and he says they don't want to see you. That's heartbreaking. "

" When I was in my teens and into my early 20s, I had acne. I used to get those big purple jobs, but not a lot of them, thank goodness, because you really couldn't see them in the films that I did. "

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

" My voice has many dynamics in it. Like my little body. "

" You talk about meant to be - oh my goodness, I have never done anything else in my life except be a performer. "

" I never had an easy time making friends in the past, for many reasons. I didn't go into therapy for nothing. "

" 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've been neurotic in my life; I've had neurotic relationships with men. What else is new? But you really have to learn to be resilient - able to bounce back, pick yourself up, and just keep moving. "

" Mellowing has never done much for me. You need to keep moving. "

" I knew what my scripts would say before I opened them: 'Enter Conchita.' I played handmaidens, Indian squaws, and Mexican dancers. "

" I am a woman of the moment. "

" Smell the roses. Smell the coffee. Whatever it is that makes you happy. "

" If you can find a way your character moves, you know more about your character than you'd ever dream. "

" I had a very poor image of myself because I believed too much of the people around me when I was very young. "

" I am a very positive and optimistic person. "

" 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. "

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

" I can't dwell on past mistakes. "

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

" I was brought up on animal grease. "

" I am able to get up and dust myself off and keep moving forward. I'm very stubborn. "