If you’re feeling blue, lock yourself in a room, stand in front of a mirror, and dance – and laugh at yourself and be sexy. Dance the silliest and ugliest you’ve ever danced. Make fun of yourself and try to recover your sense of humor.
What is important is to believe in something so strongly that you’re never discouraged.
If you’re paralyzing your face in your 20s and 30s, you’re not exercising the muscles that give it strength. My feeling is, laugh, cry, move your face.
I have never denied my background or my culture. I have taught my child to embrace her Mexican heritage, to love my first language, Spanish, to learn about Mexican history, music, folk art, food, and even the Mexican candy I grew up with.
I’ll tell you, there is nothing better in life than being a late bloomer. I believe that success can happen at any time and at any age.
I work hard, I make my own living and I love it. I like having financial independence.
When I feel stressed, I turn to food for comfort, but I don’t like to diet and I’m not good at it.
Some men have a silly theory about beautiful women – that somewhere along the line they’ll turn into a monster. That movie gave them a chance to watch it happen.
And I highly recommend for all the women in the world, even if they’re 71, you can never take for granted that he loves you. It’s always good to flirt with him. It’s a great sport.
If I go on a diet and work out, I’m always in a bad mood. I’d rather be a little heavier but nice.
I think it’s important that kids have responsibilities and understand the value of things, but I think it’s great I get to travel the world with my daughter.
I love family films. Of course, as a mother who has to watch so many movies, you really appreciate it when somebody makes a film that is for everybody – family entertainment that’s really for the family, where everyone has a good time.
I didn’t think marriage worked. I thought everybody who was married was secretly miserable – that it was something they just put up with for their children.
For my wrap present, Colin Farrell gave me a first edition book. I got so involved with this character and I was so sad when the movie was over that when I got home and I tried to read the book I got really emotional and I started crying.
If a man lets all of my dogs sleep in the bed with us, then that is the most romantic thing. You must love my dogs in order to love me. A man who is nice to my animals and doesn’t shoo them away – well, that’s the height of romance.
My new movie, Fools Rush In, is a romantic comedy and the girl I play in that is very warm, very sweet.