Andrea Navedo Quotes

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Andrea Navedo

Profession : Actress

Birth : October 10, 1977

After moving to California, I decided to go back to school and get an education on various aspects of the entertainment industry.

Andrea Navedo

My mom struggled for a long time growing up poor, and then we were on welfare when I was a kid. So to see her kids, not just me, be successful and making money and happy and healthy and in good relationships - it means so much to her after all that she's been through.

Andrea Navedo

When my career started on daytime soaps, those characters usually didn't have much depth to them. The main goal was to memorize my lines in order to film efficiently the next day. But with 'Jane The Virgin,' the writing is strong, and everything is intentional.

Andrea Navedo

Every mother wishes the best for her children.

Andrea Navedo

Acting was always a secret desire of mine when I was growing up.

Andrea Navedo

I have to stop and think about everything I do. I'm very calculated in a lot of ways.

Andrea Navedo

My grandmother is bilingual, but she preferred to speak Spanish at home, so she would speak to us in Spanish, and everyone responded in English, sort of like what happens on 'Jane.'

Andrea Navedo

I'm really Americanized. The only real Latina thing I do is cook rice and beans with chuletas and tostones. I do the healthier version of what my grandmother would have made: a lot less salt, a lot less fat, a lot more vegetables. Sometimes I serve it with brown rice, which is, like, sacrilegious.

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I went to Mexico for three months after college and studied Spanish there. And I went to Cuba and studied at the University of Havana. I loved studying in other countries.

Andrea Navedo

When I discovered eyelash extensions, it was like the sea has parted; the sun came out. It was everything.

Andrea Navedo

My dad was in my life, and he was actually a very positive influence on me in my life. He was always there. He was a great dad. But my parents divorced when I was 5, so I grew up in a single-parent home.

Andrea Navedo