America Ferrera Professions : Actress Born : April 18, 1984 Browse All Authors Top 62 quotes by America Ferrera I work really long hours and work a lot and have done press tours and junkets, but there is nothing like a presidential campaign that I have experienced before...I think at one point we visited three different cities in one state in 12 hours. It's exhausting. America Ferrera cities long thinking I'm not going to miss wearing the braces very much. America Ferrera braces missing I'm the first one in line to go watch "Spider-Man," but there's definitely something in me that makes me want to go to a movie and see something that makes me feel good about life. America Ferrera feel-good men watches 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 western-culture issues would-be As early as second grade I remember feeling really different and isolated. I had the hugest crush on a boy, and my best friend had a crush on him, too. One day he said to me, 'I like your best friend more because she's paler and she has freckles.' And it was right then that I began to feel like, Oh wow, I'm different. America Ferrera crush i-like-you boys 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. America Ferrera girl mean kids The hardest part of this year has been learning to enjoy it. It's almost like a full-time job reminding myself to live in the moment and not look for more, more, more...I see now that people who make movies, this world of creative geniuses that I grew up idolizing, are just normal people who wanted to do something and made it happen. Everything that's happened to me in the last year has only made me feel more like a normal person, more human, but in the most beautiful way. America Ferrera beautiful jobs years 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. America Ferrera patriotic names america Nowadays I'd describe myself as earnest, terribly earnest. I'm the person who wants everybody in the room to feel important and happy. America Ferrera important want rooms Sometimes I worry more about losing weight than gaining weight, because this is how people know and accept me. America Ferrera weight worry people My siblings are my best friends. America Ferrera sister brother best-friend Salma and I had run into each other once or twice at film festivals because I was doing the press for Real Women Have Curves at the same time she was doing the press for Frida. She had seen Real Women Have Curves, and when the idea of Ugly Betty came up, she thought of me. Her enthusiasm about the project was so infectious-she spoke of it with such expectation. Everyone that was involved was really excited about the project. I really wanted to be a part of it. America Ferrera curves real running Kids not only understand [a dark story] but appreciate it … Because in the real world there's fear, and dark things happen no matter how young you are. People lose parents, people lose friends … There's darkness in the world. So I think when kids are talked to in that way, they appreciate it. They're not being given some candy-coated, 'Oh, this is a world where there are no stakes.' I think that actually insults their intelligence. America Ferrera real dark kids I'm not ashamed to say that I cried at an animation movie America Ferrera animation cried ashamed I really hate the duties of being a celebrity, like getting dressed up for the red carpet. America Ferrera red hate fame As a Latina, my heart breaks with every attack on our dignity, humanity and lives. And as an American, I fear for the future of my country when our culture and policies lack a basic decency and respect for human life, we all have a responsibility to show up in this moment and demand decency for one another and for our country. America Ferrera entertainment 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 day age time life What I would say is that vows and rings don't change anything: the challenges are the same. Every day is just a conscious commitment to making the next day better. America Ferrera better day change challenges 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 feel experience voice life I am incredibly, incredibly fortunate about the opportunities I've had. But at the same time, I've had plenty of opportunities to screw it up, too. Sometimes the most powerful thing you can say is 'No...' and not feel the need to do everything. It's about doing what rings true to me. America Ferrera i-am me you time Similar Authors Beatrice Lillie actress Adepero Oduye actress Adrienne Barbeau actress Bindu actress Alexandra Breckenridge actress Bojana Novakovic actress All Authors