The worst tragedy that could have befallen me was my success. I knew right away that I was through - cast out.
I was just so lucky with 'Real Women Have Curves. ' At that point, I would have done an insurance commercial. I would have done anything.
I think Hispanic women are beautiful with their curves. I'm not sure who feels that way in Hollywood. I was never told to lose 50 pounds. If they think that they just don't bother with you. You just don't get the role and you never know why. That's still better than physically harming yourself and becoming unhealthy just to star in a movie.
The most important thing you wear is your personality.
To me, the tragedy about this whole image-obsessed society is that young girls get so caught up in just achieving that they forget to realize that they have so much more to offer the world.
As a child, I didn't know what I didn't have. I'm thankful for the challenges early on in my life because now I have a perspective on the world and kind of know what's important.
Having the perfect body doesn't fix all your problems, or make you love yourself more. To me, it's all about being comfortable in your own skin.
You got a gun, you don't have to work out.
Love sounded terrible if it made you so weak, you couldn't survive with out it.
Food is less important to me because I've learned to control my appetite to a great extent, simply by having my mind elsewhere. I find when I'm busy meditating on other aspects of my life I go without eating and I don't miss it.
People out there said I was too small. It's those kinds of moments that pushed me to be where I'm at right now.