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America Ferrera (Actor)

My siblings are my best friends.

— America Ferrera friends

As a child, I didn't know what I didn't have. I'm thankful for the challenges early on in my life because now I have a perspective on the world and kind of know what's important.

— America Ferrera life

I think Hispanic women are beautiful with their curves. I'm not sure who feels that way in Hollywood. I was never told to lose 50 pounds. If they think that they just don't bother with you. You just don't get the role and you never know why. That's still better than physically harming yourself and becoming unhealthy just to star in a movie.

— America Ferrera women

I realized how Latina I was, and then also, at the same time, how not Latina enough I was, because I'm born and raised in Los Angeles. I speak Spanish, but I don't speak perfect Spanish, not like a native speaker.

— America Ferrera time

I just want to be in my sweats, walk my dog, watch TV and eat pizza.

— America Ferrera want

I was an open, smiley and gregarious child. I could make friends in 30 seconds wherever I went.

— America Ferrera friends

It would be impossible to be a woman in Western culture and not have your own issues about your image and what you look like.

— America Ferrera culture

My parents were both Spanish-speakers and they used to speak to me and my siblings in Spanish and we'd answer them in English.

— America Ferrera parents

I am trying to be guided by my passion.

— America Ferrera passion

I was just so lucky with 'Real Women Have Curves.' At that point, I would have done an insurance commercial. I would have done anything.

— America Ferrera men

I'm not going to miss wearing the braces very much.

— America Ferrera race

I think it's hilarious when people call Jessica Alba or Eva Longoria curvy. Come on. They're not curvy. They're small. I'm curvy.

— America Ferrera people

I'm okay if people don't know who I am, but if you remember my character that would be great.

— America Ferrera people

What's so kind of beautiful about the whole thing was that everything that made me not right for all of those hundreds of commercial auditions that I went on and no one ever wanted me for is what made me perfectly right for 'Real Women Have Curves'.

— America Ferrera men

At different times in my life, I've made grand statements like, 'I want these many kids, and I want them by this age.' I think, with every year that goes by, I accept that I don't know when it's going to happen or how it's going to happen. I'll just take it one day at a time, and when I'm ready, I'll be ready. It'll reveal itself, I guess.

— America Ferrera life

I remember being a kid, and if you had to pee, well, you had to hold it until the commercial break. Then you rushed, and hopefully, if you're going to the kitchen for a snack, you'll be back before so you don't miss a line. If your sister sneezed or was talking over a line, there was no way of knowing what that line was or what the joke was.

— America Ferrera hope

To me, the tragedy about this whole image-obsessed society is that young girls get so caught up in just achieving that they forget to realize that they have so much more to offer the world.

— America Ferrera society

I feel like my convictions and my passions come from my very personal experience and the life that I've led. I feel the very naturally tendency to stand up for and use my voice for the things that I know about and the things that I feel passionate about.

— America Ferrera life

I have a lot of trouble understanding how people see me as a celebrity. I work 14 hours a day, and then I just want to talk to my family, see the people I love, pet my dog, and go to bed. I'm not looking to be best friends with or emulate a celebrity.

— America Ferrera love

Am I Latin? Am I American? What the hell am I? I love my culture and I'm very proud of my culture.

— America Ferrera love

I really hate the duties of being a celebrity, like getting dressed up for the red carpet.

— America Ferrera hate

If I learned anything from Betty coming into my life, it's to just be open to all the things that come along.

— America Ferrera life

There's not really a choice about, am I going to pursue a typical career? Because I'm not the typical standard, so that's not even an option.

— America Ferrera choice

I miss Betty madly. I loved her. Whenever people talk about her, I get really nostalgic. There are parts of her still with me; I played her for four years and, of course, the lines get blurred.

— America Ferrera love

I used to hate getting dressed, getting in front of the camera and walking down the red carpet. It bothered me because I felt like I couldn't be what they wanted me to be. Now it's still not my favorite thing, but I get through it a lot easier because I know that my work brings value to who I am.

— America Ferrera work

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