I was young not too long ago, and I know the last thing you want is someone preaching to you.
America FerreraI was an open, smiley and gregarious child. I could make friends in 30 seconds wherever I went.
America FerreraI think the body image thing, everybody can identify with that. In our culture there's just so much pressure and so much attention placed on the way we look. You just turn on the TV or flip open a magazine and there's people who don't look like any of us. I think this movie is like, finally, a celebration of reality and of our imperfections. We're not all a size 2 and we're not all a size 0, and you know what? That's OK, because some of us like to eat!
America FerreraHaving the perfect body doesn't fix all your problems, or make you love yourself more. To me, it's all about being comfortable in your own skin.
America Ferrera