Celebrity Status:"You laugh it off, you get upset for a little while, you're human and you let it go."
Media:"Sometimes journalists try to create a persona that's not really there."
Scandals:"People equate sexy with promiscuous. They think that because I'm shaped this way, I must be scandalous -- like running around and bringing men into my hotel room. But it's just the opposite."
Work:"It's a shame to call somebody a diva simply because they work harder than everybody else."
People:"There are certain people that are marked for death. I have my little list of those that treated me unfairly."
Appearance:"I could serve coffee using my rear as a ledge."
Media:"It used to bother me being portrayed as this bitchy person, but now I feel that the public understands me better than some writer. There are people who know who I really am, and that's good enough for me."
Work:"My parents wanted me to be a lawyer. But I don't think I would have been very happy. I'd be in front of the jury singing."
Celebrity Status:"I have the stardom glow."
Scandals:"I'm not mad if people call me the modern day Liz Taylor. We've all had a love of our life and failed love affairs. I'm just the biggest romantic… it's really sad. I tell people that, but nobody listens. They're too busy writing about the thread count they think I demand."
Love:"I am a die-hard romantic. I love all things romantic. Puffy understands that. For my last birthday, he covered my hotel room floor with rose petals and had flowers and candles all over the room. I love the idea of spending the whole day in bed with my lover. I'm very open with my love. I'm passionate and I feel a lot. I'm never afraid to get close to someone. I'm not afraid of love."
Life:"I'm living the life I always dreamed of living. From the time I was a youngster I wanted to be a celebrity. It's a great life. The only bad thing is that people are more interested in your personal life than they are in your work and it's freaky."
Work:"I was always a singer and a dancer, and I always wanted to be an actress. For me, it's all just one thing."
People:"Men really disgust me if they don't have a nice smile, nice lips and nice teeth. They have too many disgusting habits, like scratching themselves all the time. And it's really weird how guys think that passing gas is the funniest thing in the world. They love to do that thing in front of girls and laugh about it."
Work:"I didn't expect it to happen like this, wrapping one film and flying out to do a new one the next day. But I'm fresh enough and ambitious enough to stay up all night for the sake of a job. I'm not gonna take it easy. I want to do so much more when I'm getting these great opportunities."
Ambition:"I was in third grade when Rapper's Delight changed my life. But when I came home, my mother would be listening to Celia Cruz, Tito Puente, Diana Ross. I want to include all those elements in my music."
Work:"I can't try to be Whitney or Faith. I have something else to offer to anybody who'll want to, you know, get down."
Ambition:"I saw West Side Story with Latin People like me, and I knew that I wanted to perform."
Love:"If you kiss on the first date and it's not right, then there will be no second date. Sometimes it’s better to hold out and not kiss for a long time. I am a strong believer in kissing being very intimate, and the minute you kiss, the floodgates open for everything else."
Appearance:"Beauty is only skin deep. I think what's really important is finding a balance of mind, body and spirit. Somebody said to me not too long ago, 'Until you're twenty, you have the face you are born with, and after that you have the face you deserve'. And I really loved that… the idea that you wear who you are on your face."