Quotes from Joanna Garcia

I have a collection of lucky pennies, and I like to carry some of them with me. So far, they seem to be working!

'Privileged,' without a doubt, was one of the best work experiences of my life. Every crew member cried when we got canceled. But I was then given the opportunity to be in New York and on 'Gossip Girl' and spend the summer in a city that I've absolutely fallen in love with.

It's so important to have a great relationship with your physician. It's one of those essential relationships that I find to be as important to nurture as any other relationship in your life. Without your health, you have nothing.

I believe what makes great television is wanting to watch particular characters.

I'm very excited to be teaming up with Merck for the 'Lets Go There' Campaign. It's a really important campaign to me because it's something that celebrates women.

I've made my share of mistakes, but had the good fortune to have them not be so public.

Am I a fool to hope for kindness/support from someone u have given nothing but that to?

I enjoyed 'Gossip Girl' so much. I cannot tell you how impressed I am with the cast of that show. I was so intimidated doing that show because I thought, 'Oh my gosh, those people are so young and gorgeous, and I'm a million years old, and I need a spray tan, and I'm going to be wearing all these fabulous clothes.'

I kind of live a private life. I am out a lot, I have amazing friends and see a lot, so it's not like I'm a hermit. But I just know what I do for a living and that there are certain sensitivities.

If you come up to me in the street, I am going to be delighted to meet you. I became a television star to entertain people, to spread goodness into the world.

I'm extremely proud of being Latin; it's a big part of my life. It's not something I outwardly promote, just like I don't outwardly promote that I have green eyes and blonde hair. It's a part of who I am. I love the richness of the culture I grew up within.

I have a very realistic image of what marriage should be. It takes effort, but it shouldn't be the hardest thing that you do.

I live at Gap Kids; I think they have the cutest stuff. I barely buy anything for myself, but my daughter has quite the collection.

You have to be with the right person. It's so much more important to meet the right person, whether you're married or not, than it is to get married and get a divorce.

I'm a curvy girl, and I'm a real girl.

I would love to go to Hawaii and do 'Hawaii Five-0,' because who doesn't want to work in Hawaii?

I love being a television actor. I love the relationship that I have with my fans, and all of those things. I'm ready to have a show that really hits big. I'm excited to do another six years or more of a show like I did on 'Reba.'

I love Nashville. It's such a great town, and I'm a huge country music fan. That's what I listen to on the radio in the car.

Me + Love Songs on KOST=embarrassing car jam sesh.

I'm not a techie, but I don't know how I lived without an iPad! Mine comes with me everywhere. As greatest inventions go, it's up there with electricity and cars.

I adore Clinique's All About Eyes cream. It depuffs the eyes and makes me look like I actually slept eight hours!

Monogamy is a tricky thing. I don't think it's for everyone, but I've chosen that life, and there's no question in my relationship.

I definitely am afraid of the dark. Somehow, in my mind I can always come up with some horrific stuff to worry about.

I'm obsessed with leather jackets!