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" If we can't look at the good, bad and ugly of who we are, we are never going to progress as people - ever. "

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" At home, I'm the silliest cornball who talks way too much and wants to be quiet and left alone at the same time. "

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" I have great hair because I take a lot of vitamins. "

" Don Cornelius gave me an incredulous look regarding my accent. I lessened it; he gave a nod of approval. Instantly, I felt ashamed. I had made my first conscious effort not to sound ethnic. "

" We all like indie directors - heck, I even married one... but we're divorced now. "

" You know, you may not be born in Puerto Rico, but Puerto Rican is definitely born in you. "

" You can learn steps, but you cannot learn how to boogie. "

" I like the cold weather better than the hot weather. "

" 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. "

" A lot of women feel ashamed to be weak. "

" I knew I was going to be successful from day one. From day one. That's why it throws me whenever someone says it was such a fluke that I was successful. "

" People make me out to be this super strong woman, but I have my tough days just like anyone else. "

" I didn't appreciate Brooklyn until I left it. "

" I don't watch TV series, but I watched 'Friday Night Lights' because I'm a sports head. "

" It's sad that arts are not part of the curriculum across the nation. "

" I see explicit covers on magazines, and they're getting even more explicit, and it's like, Are women being empowered, or is this just what sells magazines? Are they feeling pressured, or have they really come into themselves and are saying, 'I am woman, hear me roar?' "

" As far as a Latin explosion, I'm sorry, I'm the only Latino who's going to say it, but there is no Latin explosion. I'm sorry. Four or five top box office people do not make it an explosion, and it's disgusting to me that people will perceive it that way. "

" I'm a lucky gal. "

" Certain people who care about me a lot have said 'You don't play the game, and if you don't play the game, you don't get picked for the team all the time. "

" For some reason, I always thought I was special. And for some reason, I always thought that I had a purpose in life: that I was supposed to contribute to the world. "

" Therapy is not a 'white thing.' It's a clinical thing. "

" Don Cornelius did not want to see how I really danced - I was doing hip-hop, and it was foreign to people out in California. They only knew about popping and locking, so they were not keen on hip-hop dancing. "

" In movies, you shoot out of sequence, so the issue of reality is really taken out of it. "

" I started lying about my age when I was 18 to be older. When I turned 21, I started lying that I was 18. It's a weakness in me. "