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The name America has definitely grown on me. I wish there was a big patriotic story behind it, but the truth is that my grandfather was a librarian who knew all sorts of random facts.

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America Ferrera
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: April 18
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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.
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I really hate the duties of being a celebrity, like getting dressed up for the red carpet.
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Once I started drinking more water, my skin, hair and nails all flourished.
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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
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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.
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I'm okay if people don't know who I am, but if you remember my character that would be great.
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I was an open, smiley and gregarious child. I could make friends in 30 seconds wherever I went.
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Relationships take time and energy, and your job kind of sucks that all out of you. It takes an extra effort to stay present in a relationship when you are working kind of hours.
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The most important thing you wear is your personality.
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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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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 am trying to be guided by my passion.
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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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I'm not going to miss wearing the braces very much.
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You'll never see me at the launch of the new PlayStation or some club. For me, the fun stuff is being able to get my mom tickets to 'Dancing With the Stars' - she loves Mario Lopez.
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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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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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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
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I'm not ashamed to say that I cried at an animation movie
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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.
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