Marcela Valladolid Quotes

San Diego, in fact, is one of the hardest places to sell Mexican food. You just cross the border into Tijuana and they have better food that's more authentic and for half the price.

I'm Mexican. I eat salsa with everything.

Nothing grounds you like a real authentic Mexican taco.

My job is to show people that true Mexican cheese is not neon yellow cheese. We don't eat tacos all day long and we don't eat burritos stuffed with everything in the kitchen sink.

You can't get decent Mexican food in DC.

Los Cabos has been an amalgam of many cultures that have been coming here. There have been beautiful Jesuit missions for example, in many places around this area. The towns are incredible. But there is a very strong Mexicanized culture here that exists because people from different parts of Mexico have come to live here.

I don't diet. I'm Puerto Rican! You can never take my rice, pork, and beans away.

It's my heritage overall, my people. Mexicans are known for being hard-working people, showing a lot of heart. I wanted to show people I am Mexican and I'm proud of it.

I'm American; I was born and raised in America, and I don't want to fake who I am to fit a stereotype.

My parents are from Mexico City.

Some Mexicans go to Hollywood and lose career in Mexico because they play imitation. I don't want this to happen to me.

I think only a real Indian can defeat a fake Indian.

It was just an honor for me to be doing the role of Miguel because I identify with him. I grew up watching Disney movies, and 'Coco' shows a wonderful tradition, culture, and celebration that not many movies have shown.

We have to preserve folk in its authenticity. Else folk will become fake.

That's what hip-hop is - it's about meeting the music where you are, and then you add on top of that. It's about coming at it with your full self.

I have the Mexican blood. I'm proud to be Mexican.

We don't eat nachos in Mexico.

I'm passionate about holding on to my heritage and sharing it with family and friends, and cooking is a great way to do this.

It's difficult when you travel around America to get local food; it used to be very easy. You went from town to town and were more in touch with things.

'Authentic' is one of my least favourite words because in such a diverse country, whose authenticity are you talking about?

Truly great performers reveal not only their characters but bring everything they know about the world with them. It's not just what's in the script but the story of everything you've done and of who you are. If you're Chaplin, you're the immigrant. No matter what he's doing, he's always the little guy trying to make his place in the world.

Even if Pearl S. Buck hadn't spent most of her life in China, she'd have every right to write about it.

People who know Mexico know me because I'm so much a part of Mexico.

There are great legends and great fighters in the history of Mexico, and there will be more to come.

We, as Palestinian-Americans... will not change who we are to make anyone comfortable.