“I’m comfortable looking sexy. I don’t push it with poses, although I like the ironic part of it. That’s what makes it fun.”

Living in L.A., everyone likes to mold you and change you. I don’t care about fame, I don’t care about being a celebrity. I know that’s part of the job, but I don’t feed into anyone’s idea of who I should be.

You have to be tenacious, you have to be focused, you have to have a real vision, and be extremely passionate about it.

I thought it was my job to give all the boys their first kiss.

I think that people who don’t like animals tend to be selfish, but I’m biased.

As far as being married and what it means to me… it’s nice knowing that I have a partner in life and that someone’s got my back.

When it comes to diversity, women are still underrepresented in so many different places, but one place we’re not underrepresented is we hold a majority of the household income, and we control that.

I think people couldn’t really put me in [one race]. I wasn’t Mexican, I wasn’t white, I wasn’t black, I wasn’t Asian… I wasn’t anything, and I didn’t really fit into anybody’s group. My dad is Mexican, and my mom is French and Danish.

Some [actors] are really a pain in the ass today. I held out on getting an assistant forever because I didn’t want to seem demanding… or like a pain in the ass. I didn’t want someone working for me to hate me.

I’ve been getting my makeup done professionally since I was 12, I’ve never found a brand that could create that glowing look and flawless finish we all want from beauty products with ingredients that were effective and safe. So I had to create it.

I’ve got cousins galore, Mexicans just spread all their seeds and the women just pop them out.

Good actors never use the script unless it’s amazing writing. All the good actors I’ve worked with, they all say whatever they want to say.

I can seriously spend five hours making one dinner.

I love acting because it’s this space where dreams can be realized, fantasy comes to life, and there are no limitations on what’s possible.

I didn’t really [seriously] go out with any guys until I was 18 and met my ex-fiancé, Michael Weatherly.

A parent knows better than any book or “expert” what their kid really needs.

I had severe asthma and kidney problems and would get 105-degree fevers. I actually almost had to go on dialysis for my kidneys. I was also in the hospital for pneumonia.

You have to just accept your body. You may not love it all the way, but you just have to be comfortable with it, comfortable with knowing that that’s your body.

Friendship is a very comforting thing to have.

I prefer just being with people I like. That’s my way of celebrating.

I prefer just being with people I like. That’s my way of celebrating.

One can speak poetry just by arranging colors well, just as one can say comforting things in music.

Ah! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort.

I love to sing and I really love to write, but in terms of being onstage, I’m not that comfortable.

Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.