I Was Young Not Too Long Ago,

I Struggled With Being A Latino Growing Up In Los Angeles. I Felt Very American. I Still Do. I Went To 35 Bar Mitzvahs Before I Went To A Single Quinceanera. I Could Talk All Day About My Culture And What It Means To Me.

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.

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.

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.

Paparazzi Will Sit Outside My House To See Where I'm Going, And When They See It's The Studio, They'll Be Like, "this Is Boring," And Drive Off. But You'd Never Catch Me Dancing On Tables In Public. I Have No Desire To Be Known For My Personal Life.