What is important for me is finding what the composer wants in the character-what is deep in the character. I see it like an empty house.

There were so many times I've been cast as a character that wasn't necessarily Latin. But I say, can we put something in that ties in my culture? I've gotten a lot of praise for actually saying, this is who I am, let's show it, let's embrace it.

He left it to me to create the character. Sometimes he would have a comment, and it was always right on the mark. Hitchcock worked the same way.

Given the choice between finding Godzilla and David Chambers on her doorstep, she'd have opted for the reptile, and never mind it wasn't the one who had the law degree.

Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity presented to them. They have developed the opportunity that was at hand.

I'm told that I look like a nice girl. But, yes, I do a full contact sport, and when people ask what I do, they are a bit surprised when I say, 'A martial art, a full contact sport.'