Cristina Saralegui
Cristina Saralegui
Cristina Maria Saraleguiis a Cuban-born American journalist, actress and talk show host of the Spanish-language eponymous show, Cristina...
NationalityCuban
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth29 January 1948
CityHavana, Cuba
CountryCuba
Cristina Saralegui quotes about
play function work-and-play
Being a professional woman, I function the best when I don't distinguish between work and play.
differences people television
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.
children giving world
The world is not ideal, and the only weapon we can give our children is information. Information which is not pretty, but honest.
differences millions
The difference between Oprah Winfrey and me is about $200 million.
passion want decorating
I want to make sure I'm not a dilettante. Decorating has been a passion all my life. I love it.
interesting retiring
I'll never retire from working; I'll keep my life interesting until I drop dead.
pain royal behinds
I'm a royal pain in the behind.
dog kids grandchildren
In my house, we speak Spanglish to the dogs, to the grandchildren, to the kids.
years air people
If you stay on the air for 18 years, people know you.
ifs
If I have to be compared to somebody, it is to Martha Stewart.
latin necks latin-women
We Latin women are liberated from the neck up, not the neck down.
minorities done proud
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.
dream important realizing
To realize the American dream, the most important thing to understand is that it belongs to everybody. It's a human dream. If you understand this and work very hard, it is possible.
real issues hair
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.