america.jpegFab! Fab! Fab!

America Ferrera looks simply fab on the cover of the latest Latina magazine.

Beauty, intelligence, and confidence. She has them all…

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ON HER FIRST BIG BREAK…A MALE ROLE IN THE MUSICAL OLIVER:
She played the Artful Dodger in the musical Oliver!—a role traditionally played by a boy.
“It took the guys a while to get over the fact that I took their part.”

ON HER EARLY SCHOOL DAYS:
“My biggest problem in school was that I talked too much. My kindergarten report card said, ‘América would excel if she just stopped talking.’ From there, I got straight A’s and it would still say, ‘Needs to stop talking.’ ”

ON HER FEUD WITH LINDSAY LOHAN:
“Of course they want to make us look like we fought like cats and dogs, because people are going to believe it. And it’s total BS. It’s not true. It does such a disservice to the image of young women.”

ON HER LOVE FOR HILLARY CLINTON:
“I really liked what she was about. She is smart and unafraid. And I feel like people can be really threatened by smart, fearless, active women—and that spans across every industry.”

ON HER OVERNIGHT FAME AFTER THE PREMIERE OF “UGLY BETTY”:
“After Betty premiered, I literally couldn’t walk down the street without people recognizing and stopping me. It was just a shock. You’re not doing anything different in your life the day before, other than going to work every day and enjoying your job. And then it felt like I’m on this roller-coaster ride.”

ON REALIZING THE MOMENT SHE “MADE IT” :
“I knew very early I wanted a career in acting. There was the moment I realized I never have to go back to that day job. And there was the moment when I realized that people recognize me. And then there’s the moment when you realize, ‘I’m an actor. I’ve arrived. And I don’t ever have to worry about getting another job.’ I’m still waiting for that moment.”

ON ONLY PORTRAYING ROLES OF STRONG LATIN WOMEN ON-SCREEN:
“It’s not anything I’ve done consciously. I’m just drawn to the characters and trying to make them more than one-dimensional.”

ON STUDYING INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AS A RESULT OF 9/11:
“The decision to study that came after 9/11, which spun the world on its head. There was a feeling of not having been educated enough about the world and what was going on in it. That made me feel vulnerable and weak.”