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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.

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.

When You Finish A Series Like 'ugly Betty,' There Are So Many Voices Around You Telling You What You Should Be Doing Next And What Would Be Good For Your Future, Sometimes You Can't Hear Yourself. I've Gotten Pretty Good At Tuning Everyone Else Out. Now It's Just Me; What Pleases Me Creatively.

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 Realized How Latina I Was, And Then Also, At The Same Time, How Not Latina Enough I Was, Because I’m Born And Raised In Los Angeles. I Speak Spanish, But I Don’t Speak Perfect Spanish, Not Like A Native Speaker