Cristina Saralegui

I am a Cuban mother, and you do not let your cubs get into trouble without you trying to help them all the way.

The common denominator all Latinos have is that we want some respect. That's what we're all fighting for.

I'll never retire from working; I'll keep my life interesting until I drop dead.

'Russian Ark,' I adore - I almost cried at the end of that film, it's so beautiful.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

My first career ambitions involved turning into a boy; I intended to be either a railway guard or a knight errant.