There were the people that believed in me when I was walking around Spanish Harlem, saying that I was going to be a Hollywood actress. They were like, 'Yeah, you could do it!' — Paula Garces Copy Share Image
Baby names are a big debate in my family. Like true Colombian and Puerto Rican families, everybody and their mother is putting their two… — Paula Garces Copy Share
I did a lot of commercials early on, and I remember the first commercial I ever got was for a product called Funyuns. I… — Paula Garces Copy Share
I want to make sure that teenage girls know that if you decide to keep your child, you have to get an education. You… — Paula Garces Copy Share
I think the reason why I'm an actress is because I got hooked on the feeling of studying for an audition, going to the… — Paula Garces Copy Share
It's definitely thrilling to know that you studied for something, and then you went in, and tried to do your best, and then somebody… — Paula Garces Copy Share
I think the reason why a lot of the Spanish films do so well, and are so well done, is because the public really… — Paula Garces Copy Share
The first time I got pregnant, I was a young girl - I was 17 years old. Although I knew right away that I… — Paula Garces Copy Share
Let's be honest. The powers that be all of a sudden realize that there's a lot of money to be made from the Latino… — Paula Garces Copy Share
People tell me being a perfectionist is a fault, but I find that's what drives me. — Paula Garces Copy Share
Growing up with Jennifer Lopez and Salma Hayek - people who were always trying to do something else - I wanted to follow in… — Paula Garces Copy Share
There were the people that believed in me when I was walking around Spanish Harlem, saying that I was going to be a Hollywood… — Paula Garces Copy Share
I'm South American, and growing up in New York, I had the total stereotypical way of thinking of what Texas was about. I'm like,… — Paula Garces Copy Share
When I'm hired just to be an actress, I don't have to worry about anything else but showing up on set, making sure I… — Paula Garces Copy Share
Obviously there aren't enough Latino roles out there - I wish there were more of them - but there's got to be more in… — Paula Garces Copy Share
