It gave me a new fight, to change the way I felt about myself. So many girls believe they have to be two fricking pounds to be any kind of success, and that is not the truth. I believed it for so long, and it hurt me. But then at 27, I was like, They say I can’t be a lead because I’m not skinny enough, tall enough, pretty enough, light enough, white enough, Latino enough, whatever enough. That’s bullshit, and I’m going to change that.
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Gina Rodriguez for the Maui Film Festival (2019)
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Acting is how I’ll be able to change how Latinos are viewed in media and change how little girls see and talk about themselves.
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“I didn’t know my worth because the industry had such a specific perspective on what it should be as a brown woman. I had to start saying, ‘Well, I know if I work hard, I can show my worth,’ and I have been doing nothing but that.”
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“I didn’t know my worth at the start of my career because the industry had such a specific perspective on what it should be as a brown woman. I had to start saying, ‘Well, I know if I work hard, I can show my worth,’ and I have been doing nothing but that.”
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“I am always Latina. It’s a part of me, just like being a woman is, too. I believe both parties have been underrepresented. I don’t want to be singularly successful; I want us all to be successful. I think there’s room for multiple Latinas to be leads in TV shows and movies. When someone looks up at the screen and sees herself represented, it gives her power, a feeling that she can be or do anything.”
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GINA RODRIGUEZ
90th Academy Awards, Los Angeles | March 4, 2018
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Gina Rodriguez attends the premiere of Paramount Pictures’ ‘Annihilation’ at Regency Village Theatre on February 13, 2018 in Westwood, California.
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with each dream accomplished, bigger ones are put in their place.
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Anyone who knows my heart knows that I’m about my ladies and the women around me who uplift me, who have created so many opportunities and paved the way for me. I was surrounded by women growing up, and in all honesty, they’re the reason why I’m here today, hands down.
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