Quotes

I was the kind of kid that always loved babies. I was, you know, four years old, and I would have my baby doll that I would bring with me everywhere and fake breastfeed on the beach and diaper.

I love being onstage. As I've gotten older, it terrifies me more and more, which is interesting.

By 12, my body had changed, although instead of blossoming into Cindy Mancini from 'Can't Buy Me Love,' I more closely resembled Chunk from 'The Goonies.' My inside world may have been filled with a poetic and vital feminine life force, but the outside world saw and told me otherwise.

As an actor, these kinds of big-comedic-centerpiece characters is just one thing that I love to do.

More and more, people probably associate me in this world of comedy and these confident, brassy, big ladies, which I love, but my insides and who I feel like internally and the kind of work that I hope to continue doing feels very different from that.

I love to cook for people. I equate food with love.

Like, even going to Duke Ellington School of the Arts, like, they slept on me. I think they thought I was talented, but for whatever reason, they didn't want to give me a lot of solos or any type of just love like that. But I don't know. I think that's what encouraged me to grind so hard.

My dad would always play Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, and Anita Baker, so I fell in love with them. I would try to make my voice sound like theirs.

I can't believe people love my music. It just feels like a dream because that is all I ever wanted.

My favorite rappers are a lot of other people's favorite rappers. I love Jay Z, Kanye, 2Pac, Biggie, old Mos Def.

I would love to get Chief Justice John Roberts for an interview. I think that would be fascinating, I think that Supreme Court nominees should do more interviews.

I love doing my podcast, but it's not my art form. I don't have to work on it. It's off the cuff.

I love gummy bears, pretzels of all kinds, popcorn, Doritos - those are all healthy snacks.

I really love people and I believe in philanthropy and advocacy.

We didn't speak Spanish at home. My mother is an educator and a glorious white woman, and I love the upbringing that she gave me. The way she tried to keep my Latinidad alive in me was through art.

I loved to dance, and I just knew I wanted to be on stage.

I'd love to make movies, the challenge of it. They're almost always shot out of order, so you have to figure out where your character is in a moment, even if you haven't yet shot the moment that got you to that place.

I've danced for camera before, done a few TV gigs, and I loved it.

We just need to love each other.

Be happy with being you. Love your flaws. Own your quirks. And know that you are just as perfect as anyone else, exactly as you are.

Love is a really scary thing, and you never know what's going to happen. It's one of the most beautiful things in life, but it's one of the most terrifying. It's worth the fear because you have more knowledge, experience, you learn from people, and you have memories.

I can't stress to you enough how much I can relate to teens being cyberbullied. Something that helps me is looking at old videos of me and my friends from middle school, or videos of my family. I love watching funny videos of my favorite people - it really cheers me up.

I think it's so important for girls to love themselves and to treat their bodies respectfully.

I love, love, love just being hands on at all times in the studio.

I love nerdy, cute, quirky boys who don't take themselves too seriously.