I Just Want To Be In My

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.

I Mean, I Grew Up In The Valley. All My Friends Were White Jewish Kids. So The Latino Kids Thought I Was This White Girl.

What’s Hard About Being On The Other Side Of The World Is That Sometimes The Problem Feels So Big That Changing One Life Doesn’t Feel Like Enough. But It Is.

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.

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.