I Am Trying To Be Guided By

Personally, I Hate Waiking The Red Carpet. You Are Expected To Conform To Every Single Expectation. People Will Say, "try As Hard As You Can Not To Sweat On The Red Carpet." Meanwhile You Are Super Nervous, And There Are Tons Of Camera Flashes, And People Are Screaming Your Name. It's Not Fun - Not For Me, At Least!

I 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!

There Are So Many Wonderful Shows That Come Out Through The Year. What Makes Some Stick Is An Unknown Factor, You Know? It's Gotta Be The Right Show At The Right Time. Really, You've Got To Have Magic Elements Line Up. But I Felt That This Was Going To Be Something That Was Really Going To Ring True To People.

I Just Wanted To See Every Single Musical I Could. The Very First One I Saw Was 'beauty And The Beast,' The Only One I Could Get Tickets For, And Then 'les Miserables' And Then 'chicago.

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.