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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

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America Ferrera
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: April 18
Actress
Film Actor
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Television Producer
Voice Actor
LA
California
America Georgine Ferrera
Georgine Ferrera
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Love
Latin
Proud
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American

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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.
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I'll sleep when no one wants to hire me!
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Nowadays I'd describe myself as earnest, terribly earnest. I'm the person who wants everybody in the room to feel important and happy.
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I mean, I grew up in the Valley. All my friends were white Jewish kids. So the Latino kids thought I was this white girl.
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Paparazzi will sit outside my house to see where I'm going, and when they see it's the studio, they'll be like, This is boring, and drive off. But you'd never catch me dancing on tables in public. I have no desire to be known for my personal life.
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I struggled with being a Latino growing up in Los Angeles. I felt very American. I still do. I went to 35 bar mitzvahs before I went to a single quinceanera. I could talk all day about my culture and what it means to me.
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How much time have I wasted on diets and what I look like? People are saying 'We love you and love what you do' and you're sitting there thinking 'I'm not skinny enough or pretty enough.' It's taken a lot of work to get over that.
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Latino actors and actresses have had to struggle for decades, but when I came around with Real Women Have Curves, attitudes were starting to change. We screened the film all over the world - in Jewish communities, black communities, Greek communities, German communities - and people across the board said, That's my family.
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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.
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I could have easily been too afraid to say 'yes' to Chicago, because it requires so much I haven't done before. If I am a flop at singing and dancing, maybe my love for it will carry me through.
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