Quotes from Diane Guerrero

Love yourself no matter who you are or where you come from.

When I go to places, I love going to all those kind of amusement parks and kind of cheesy things to do.

While awaiting deportation proceedings, my parents remained in detention near Boston, so I could visit them. They would have liked to fight deportation, but without a lawyer and an immigration system that rarely gives judges the discretion to allow families to stay together, they never had a chance.

It is a huge myth that our voices don't matter, that our vote doesn't count.

It's important that we vote, because this is how we can bring about change and bring about reform, and, honestly, I don't see Donald Trump, anything that he's saying to be effective or comprehensive. Instead of really uniting our country - we are the United States of America - he is dividing us.

I was voted Most Happy-Go-Lucky in high school. Can you believe that? I was crying every other day by myself, but I was voted Most Optimistic and Most Likely to Have Her Own Television Talk Show.

Since when is it good to separate a family?

Just sharing who you are - there's so much value in that.

When you watch 'Doom Patrol,' you'll see most of the characters are trying to run away from their feelings and their emotions, and the minute they take a second and look at themselves face to face, that's when things can actually get resolved and get one step closer to peace.

I definitely had to pave my own path, which wasn't always the easiest thing to do.

It's interesting when people access their inner little girl or little boy. I remember doing tons of those exercises when I was in school, where you're trying to dig into your vulnerability. There's no mask for a child, so all those feelings are real.

'Doom Patrol' is doing the most - and the wackiest - things, but when you've been alive in this time, you know it's actually not so wacky. Awful, strange, and inexplicable things do happen.

I grew up in Boston.

For me, picking a college was really difficult. I wish I had had my parents there kind of supervising me. But I chose well. I did OK.

I would have had a much different story to tell if I had been imprisoned after being separated from my family, without a warm bed and only the cold faces of ICE agents and the crinkly feeling of a Mylar blanket.

When I've been asked in the past about my dream role, I always expressed how much I'd like to be a superhero.

Throughout my childhood, I watched my parents try to become legal but to no avail. They lost their money to people they believed to be attorneys but who ultimately never helped. That meant my childhood was haunted by the fear that they would be deported.

I am here, a citizen of this country, and I'm saying, 'Hey, the system failed me. I am a good citizen. I contribute to this country, and here I am sharing my story. What are you going to do now?'

Every day, children who are U.S. citizens are separated from their families as a result of immigration policies that need fixing.

I've experienced colorism in that way: where if you're lighter, then you'll potentially be accepted into society better than if you were darker-skinned.

Neighbors broke the news that my parents had been taken away by immigration officers, and just like that, my stable family life was over.

We should be a nation that welcomes immigrants, keeps families together, and ensures that everyone gets a fair day in court.

My parents were desperately trying to become documented citizens of this country and tried very hard to get there, but to no avail.

My father was desperately trying to be a legal contributor to this society.