You'd Never Catch Me Dancing On Tables

As Early As Second Grade I Remember Feeling Really Different And Isolated. I Had The Hugest Crush On A Boy, And My Best Friend Had A Crush On Him, Too. One Day He Said To Me, 'i Like Your Best Friend More Because She's Paler And She Has Freckles.' And It Was Right Then That I Began To Feel Like, Oh Wow, I'm Different.

My Parents Were Both Spanish-speakers And They Used To Speak To Me And My Siblings In Spanish And We'd Answer Them In English.

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.

Once I Started Drinking More Water, My Skin, Hair And Nails All Flourished.

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!