In Fighting For Women, We

Sometimes I Decide Not To Make Something Because I Am Proud And Think I Am Better Than That - And Then I Realise I Have To Pay The Rent And I Have To Take Something Which Is Even Worse Than All The Other Stuff They Offer You Because You Were Being So Proud Not To Take It! But You Adjust And Sometimes For One Reason Or Another There Is No Strategy At The End But There Is The Ability To Do The Best That You Can With What You Have.

I Love Being A Wife And Homemaker - Because It's My Choice. My Husband Doesn't Expect Me To Do It. I Don't Mind Doing Things For Him Because He Does So Much For Me; We Both Feel That Way So There Is No Power Struggle.

I Had To Endure The Worst Time Of All In Terms Of Racial Discrimination In Hollywood When I First Started Out. It Was Inconcievable To American Directors And Producers That A Mexican Woman Could Have A Lead Role.

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.

I Have Tried My Whole Life To Represent My Mexican Roots With Honor And Pride.