![]() ![]() Over the years, the Superstore star has used her voice to advocate for women’s rights, immigrant reform and equality for all. Not cardboard cutouts that stood in the background of someone else's," she added. ![]() "I wanted to play people who were complex and multidimensional, people who existed in the center of their own lives. ![]() “These roles were stereotypes and couldn't have been further from my own reality or from the roles I dreamt of playing." Someone they looked at and saw as too brown, too fat, too poor, too unsophisticated,” said Ferrera during a TEDTalk in 2019. The gang-banger's girlfriend, the sassy shoplifter, pregnant chola number two, these were the kinds of roles that existed for someone like me. “I didn't get a lot of the jobs people were willing to see me for. She added that she "soaked up every moment of being on that set" with her four co-stars, "because the truth was I had no idea if I’d ever get the chance to do it again."įerrera wrote that she wishes she could go back and tell "little baby America" that "the next 20 years of her life will be filled with unbelievable opportunity to express her talent and plenty of challenges that will allow her to grow into a person, actress, producer, director, activist that she is very proud and grateful to be." "I couldn’t believe I was rehearsing with real dancers and choreographers, that all the snacks were free, and that my wardrobe fitting was on the famous Warner Brothers lot where I spotted George Clooney playing basketball and Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston hanging out in the door of his trailer!!" I was being PAID to act and dance in a Disney Channel Movie called Gotta Kick It Up !" she wrote on Friday. My mind was blown that my dream was becoming a reality. "20 years ago today was my first day as a working actress. America Ferrera Says Becoming a Mother Only Inspires Her More to 'Make Change' (Exclusive) Cindy Crawford Reflects on Richard Gere Marriage in Rare Interview Tom Brady on 'Drama' in His Life One Year After Announcing Divorce From Gisele Bündchen Ciara Has Unexpected Reaction Over Co-Parenting With Ex-Fiancé Future How ‘Yellowstone’ on CBS Will Look Different Kirsten Dunst's Son Is a 'Spider-Man' Fan, But Has 'No Clue' She Played Mary Jane Tamar Braxton Details Scary Car Burglary With Security Video Jeezy and Jeannie Mai Had Different 'Values' and 'Expectations' Ahead of Split (Source) Shannon Beador's Alleged Hit-and-Run Crash Footage Revealed ‘Love Is Blind’ Season 5 Cast Opens Up About Overcoming Dating Issues and Finding Love Ed Sheeran Joins John Mayer On Stage for ‘Free Fallin’ Duet Lil' Kim Calls Magazine Cover Retouch Job 'Sabotage' Joe Jonas Denies Sophie Turner Learned of Divorce Filing Through the Press Salma Hayek Shares Her Secrets to Looking Young (Exclusive) 'RHOC’s Shannon Beador ‘Needs Space’ After Being Spotted For the First Time Following DUI Arrest 'Spy Kids: Armageddon's Gina Rodriguez Calls Zachary Levi a 'Dream’ Co-Star (Exclusive) 'Casper Meets Wendy' Turns 25: Watch Hilary Duff's First ET Interview in 1998 (Flashback) Sophie Turner Steps Out With Taylor Swift Again After Suing Joe Jonas ‘The Masked Singer’s Jenny McCarthy and Robin Thicke React to Rita Ora Joining Season 11 ‘90 Day Fiancé Tell-All’: Jasmine Gets Heat From The Cast For Toxic Behavior Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner Agree to Temporarily Keep Kids in NYC ![]()
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