52 Quotes by Cristina Saralegui

I'm one of the highest-paid television people in the world. I feel like I've made a difference in my viewers' lives, that I've been influential.

If I have to be compared to somebody, it is to Martha Stewart.

Latin life is rich with warmth, family values and history. I want to bring that beauty into American homes.

People would write me hate letters. How dare I try to represent Hispanics when I was so white? I tried to make them see it was racism.

How proud I am to be compared to Oprah. I really admire her. She's a minority woman and she's done all this by herself... I'm very happy to be Oprah with salsa and not Donahue in drag.

The talk show, as a genre, has been in decline for a while. It started with Jerry Springer, when the talk shows suffered a metamorphosis, going from the real and social issues to the hair-raising.

The difference between Oprah Winfrey and me is about $200 million.

I'm a royal pain in the behind.

In my house, we speak Spanglish to the dogs, to the grandchildren, to the kids.