When I was filming 'Premium Rush' in N.Y.C., I flew to L.A. to have a few general meetings. I sat down with Peter Cramer at Universal Studios and spoke about my life and career, and being that I'm such a goof, we spoke about how I really wanted to do a comedy next.

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The key to being confident is taking care of yourself and feeling like you're the best you can be.

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I don't want to know who he's been with or how many [women]. I do want to know that my man is not a virgin, because I want to know that he knows what he's doing. But I don't need to know how he's learned it.

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For me, when my agents and reps send me a script, I read it through, just for the story purpose of it, and then I read it again to think of my character and see if it's something that I'm interested in bringing to life.

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I know that when I'm looking better and I'm eating right, I also feel better.

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You get so much out of the extra effort that you put into looking your best.

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In the past, when I saw bike messengers, I would just see them as individuals. Then, I realized that they're all tied together.

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This is the season-- the one-- that everybody should be waiting for, we have a lot more comedy. It gets a lot sexier. We have so many new characters that are coming in and spicing up our world.

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Honestly, it's the most amazing feeling in the world to be able to work on something that you're really proud of.

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I always say a lot of fake friends are the ones I can't get into a fight with, because if I get into a fight with them, it's over.

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Growing up the way that I did - I grew up with a lot of cousins - you just have this imagination, and I love going and telling different stories. I'm a clown.

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I'm always optimistic and grateful for every opportunity I get.

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Cinderella is a little edgy and a little rough around the edges.

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I feel I have a responsibility to carry out the immigrant story, since it's one that I hold very dear to my heart, since my story is similar in a lot of ways.

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I got into the entertainment world and started modelling when I was 15. When I told my parents that was what I was going to do for a living, it was very shocking for them.

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I was very smart in school. I had straight As and was going to graduate high school at 16 and start college. My dad wanted me to be a lawyer because I was very opinionated.

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You want to give your children better than what you had and make them feel like they have everything. But I think there is also a lot of value in making them work for things and allowing them to see other places.

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I ended up getting kicked out of my house when I was 16, and I went off to college. When they actually saw that I was getting some kind of stability as far as having a career in this business is when they started coming around.

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It was great, because as far as playing such an iconic character that Cinderella is from the Disney world, walking into such a raw and authentic environment - even though it's the real world, and it's Jacinda, it's still Cinderella that's being cursed, and now she's in the real world as Jacinda.

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I will always be the first Latina Cinderella, so I always have that to take with me, and I'm very proud of that. I believe that it was a life-changing experience for me.

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I think very few shows have come into our industry and changed the tempo and the narrative of stories, and 'Once Upon a Time' did that.

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