America Ferrera Quotes & Sayings

“My siblings are my best friends.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”