Being a professional woman, I function the best when I don't distinguish between work and play.
I'll never retire from working; I'll keep my life interesting until I drop dead.
Latin life is rich with warmth, family values and history. I want to bring that beauty into American homes.
I love beating the men. When I beat 'em in the ratings, when I beat 'em in the salary, I always say, 'One more for the girls.'
You have to eat right. That does not mean that I don't drink Cuban coffee. That does not mean that I do not have two cigarettes a day - that's what I'm down to. I drink wine - you know, I'm normal. But I do eat well.
You need to put easy, nice, tranquil thoughts in your head before you go to bed. You know what I do? I read metaphysical books. The good stuff stays in your brain once you go under.
People look at you and see that you've made it, but sometimes they forget that it took you years of being a human being.
The world is not ideal, and the only weapon we can give our children is information. Information which is not pretty, but honest.
People would write me hate letters. How dare I try to represent Hispanics when I was so white? I tried to make them see it was racism.
I'm very, very Spanish. I have fat cheeks on both ends. I'm sitting on my Spanish part. And it's my heart, the way I am, the way I speak. It has nothing to do with the way I look.
I'm one of the highest-paid television people in the world. I feel like I've made a difference in my viewers' lives, that I've been influential.
If I have to be compared to somebody, it is to Martha Stewart.
I always knew what I was worth, what I could do, what I could not do. I think that I have a genetic problem with lying. I just can't lie. I get in trouble with my husband because of that. He wishes that I wasn't so sincere, but I am.
I am a Cuban mother, and you do not let your cubs get into trouble without you trying to help them all the way.
You can't ignore the obvious. Women after a certain age are believed to be good for nothing in the entertainment field, especially in the Latin world.
I was the only person at Univision who had complete creative control of my own show, by contract. They didn't like that. I was the executive producer; I owned the studio where we taped. I decided who went on my show and who didn't.
When you have a child who wants to take his own life and you feel powerless, nothing else in life matters.
I'm happy. I've had a great career. I adore my family. My closest friends from decades ago remain my closest friends.
