Nancy Lopez has always been a role model of mine... so to have the opportunity to play for her and spend time with her has been amazing.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My current role model is Beyonce. She is such a strong woman. She can do everything. She has kept herself together and has balanced her life perfectly. She is a great singer, great dancer and a great looker and is now a good mother and wife.
For me, my number one Hollywood role model is Jennifer Lopez.
Barbra Streisand has always been an inspiration for me. I admire Jennifer Lopez because she's been against all the odds, and she's made such a name for herself, and she can put her name on anything and it sells, and I admire that about her, but Barbara Streisand and Woody Allen are my favorites.
I'd be stupid not to take into consideration that there are certain things people will not consider me for because my name is Lopez. And I know I can do any kind of role. I don't want anybody to say, Oh, she can't pull this off. So those are barriers that you have to overcome.
My character in 'Casa de mi Padre' is an ambitious woman. I had never played that kind of character before.
I enjoyed playing someone who is a professional, intelligent, defined by her work and not her role as a wife or mother.
Viola Davis is a perfect example of somebody who's so much better than the parts she has the opportunity to play.
When I grew up, my role model was my grandma because she's just the best.
I'm very grateful to Jennifer Lopez, because I have something to talk about for the last couple of years.
My biggest role model right now is Beyonce, just 'cause she is a very, very strong, powerful woman, and that's obviously the number one reason to be inspired by her. She is just killing every game there is to kill.