Quote of the Day

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“I wanted to be Bette Midler when I grew up. It’s not about being her. It’s about being myself the way Bette Midler unapologetically has been herself.”

- America Ferrera tells the new issue of Black Book magazine

    Posted: Jul 21, 2008 at 9:30 am / Email this  »

    64 comments to “Quote of the Day”

    1. hoee says – reply to this


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      i love her beauty, she is an amazing actress and role model!!

    2. Rocky says – reply to this


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      I want to be first….second????

    3. RENAY says – reply to this


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      this girl is stunning and beautiful inside and out

    4. e says – reply to this


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      nice to see a young actress who is not a drug addled, whore, shit head.

    5. HunB says – reply to this


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      ewwwww!

    6. missk says – reply to this


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      unapologetic. Ummm. I would rather be Angelina Jolie, but I guess America is realistic about things. Ugly Betty to Bette Midler is do able. Mann Bette Midler WTF? why not Diahann Carol she's pretty hott for her age unlike Bette.

    7. Xenia says – reply to this


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      She is so pure and beautiful.

    8. Dawn says – reply to this


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      If she wants to be herself then why are these pic's so air brushed??? She is hardly recognizable.

    9. missk says – reply to this


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      THANK YOU AMERICA ! For not being a whorish skeezy ho like those other dumb celebrities out there.!

    10. HunB says – reply to this


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      NOT THE MOST FLATTERING PIC OF HER

    11. revin says – reply to this


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      she's rockin' !!.

    12. Tee says – reply to this


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      I love that she doesnt care to cater her image and size to Hollywood. Ultimate beauty is defined by exuding confidence. Shes glorious in all ways.

    13. Lynda says – reply to this


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      Stupid brownie wanting to be white….just like jlo.

    14. ChiCh says – reply to this


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      Boy, they really photoshopped her! Didn't even recognize her!

    15. Wilna says – reply to this


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      Sorry, but i have to agree, she realy do not look like herself in this pic. Pretty pic, but it's not her…??



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      That's fantastic.

    17. Fhuba says – reply to this


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      The hair colour doesn't really suit her but she looks nice anyway.

    18. USA says – reply to this


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      of course she did. Wetbacks always want to be white women. By the way, shouldn't she be called South America?

    19. kRazI says – reply to this


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    20. fiera says – reply to this


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      Smart, beautiful, and good choice for a role model.

    21. blah says – reply to this


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      yuck. she's not hot— sorry. she's a marginal actor too



    22. 22

      You go girl! I love her!



    23. 23

      Why all you jealous bitches gotta be hate'n?

    24. fiera says – reply to this


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      Re: USA – Trailer trash bitch!!!!!!!!!!!

    25. fiera says – reply to this


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      Re: Lynda – They are not wanting to be anything else. You only wish you looked half as good as them!!!!

    26. Manny says – reply to this


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      Brava! She is very wise for her years. She is talking about courage to forge her own path, like Bette did. I wish I had it in me, too.

    27. Fail! says – reply to this


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      All of that makeup and the best photographers and she still looks like an ugly fat wetback maid with a mop in her hand.

    28. Prett says – reply to this


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      She looks great…And I love the show Ugly Betty……Keep doing your thing

    29. ambit says – reply to this


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      wrong link to site

      www.blackbookmag.com

    30. rod m says – reply to this


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      SHE LOOKS LIKE SOME MEXICAN WHORE I FUCKED IN TIJIUARNA !



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      Love her!

    32. K8 says – reply to this


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      That just made me LOVE her. That is the kind of role model young girls need. Someone who loves themselves as they are and doesn't desperately try to fit into some sort of Hollywood mold.

    33. MAID says – reply to this


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      FAT UGLY GREASY STUPID SO-CALLED PROUD LATINA COVERED IN PASTY WHITE MAKEUP DESPERATE TO BE AS WHITE AS BETTE MIDLER. NOT SO PROUD TO EMULATE A LATINA YOU FAT HAIRY BEAR HYPOCRITE SUCK ASS BALLS. STUPID BITCH MAID.

    34. Linds says – reply to this


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      America looks beautiful!
      www.balahu.com



    35. 35

      "The tortured magic of Mapplethorpe" + "Ryan McGinley's Summer Soundtrack" = I need to get my hands on this.



    36. 36

      Re: misskRe: missk

      America wasn't idolizing looks unlike most shallow people. She was going by talent and personality and by that Bette is a very talented woman who pretty much has a legacy of her own and her personality is undeniably strong. Bette is by any needs not a bad looking person either. Grow up. I think America is quite classy herself and shows that she has a brain inside her head unlike most of these young stars. America is quite admirable. :)



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      la la la la what the hell does that even mean. I wish I lived in a dream world where whatever crap I said "meant" something "deep"

    38. Regan says – reply to this


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      They really should have photoshopped her eyes…they are wonky. But otherwise…what a beautiful young woman. No drama, no scandal…just a talented young actress out theere doing her thing.

    39. jenni says – reply to this


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      i think she is so beautiful inside and out. i find it that she looks a million times better in person than she does on pictures and camera. she is "un orgullo latino" and i am so proud that she is doing such a great job at what she does, while keeping humble.

    40. &what says – reply to this


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      she looks so beautiful. I love her spirit. Yayyyy, America! Sadly, almost everyone here missed her point. She was talking about being like Bette as far as being her own person and forging her own path via her talent. It has nothing to do with her wanting to be white or look white. Ignorance obviously abounds on this site…

    41. hrc says – reply to this


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      I couldn't agreewith America more. Bette Rocks

    42. wy says – reply to this


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      Uhm. It's ironic that everyone is going off about how refreshing and non-hollywood she is for an actress, and yet it looks like she lost 50 lbs and airbrushed the makeup directly onto her face for this shoot.

      Seriously, didn't she used to be a perky, slightly pudgy woman? Cute as a bug, if I recall. Now she looks 20 years older.



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      perez damn it. youre a hispanic gay man for gods sake. im tired of coming onto youre site and reading the most discriminating, racist, and homophobic shit ever. if you truly are a "WE" as you refer to yourself or your alleged team in your posts, start monotoring shit.

    44. Emily says – reply to this


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      She looks so hot in this pic!! :)

    45. PoeEd says – reply to this


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      LOVE her. And she's beautiful, too.

    46. donke says – reply to this


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      SHE LOOKS LIKE A FUCKING OGRE. SHREKS LONG LOST SISTER……

    47. Sara says – reply to this


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      Love her. She's so purrrrty and looks like a REAL female, not a aneorexic H-wood type. And I love Bette Midler and her comment about being herself without apology like the Devine Miss M. Love her.

    48. Kira says – reply to this


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      I love her. You should post WAY more of her and WAY less on shit like the Jonas Brothers.

    49. Zetti says – reply to this


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      behold the magic power of air brushing!

    50. Kris says – reply to this


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      You go America, you are gorgeous!

    51. Lynda says – reply to this


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      Re: fiera – HA! That's really funny!! Who the hell would want to be a filthy, oily, stereotypical, stab-you-in-the-back, not-knowing-your baby's-daddy, depending-on-the-government wetback? Not I.

    52. Sara says – reply to this


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      Umm, wow…that doesn't look like America at all. At first I thought it was the chick who plays her sister on the show. I don't know if I like her all vamped up like this. Still, very pretty though.

    53. jess2 says – reply to this


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      Re: Dawn
      and you think America asked to be airbrushed?

    54. Fiore says – reply to this


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      it still looks like her .. she looks beautiful, and she is a smart woman and a proud latina. She isnt trying to emulate bette midler for all you idiots that didnt understand that part .. she is trying to say that she want to be like her talent-wise. Also, please do refrain from being racist dumbasses .. trust me .. she not dying to be white .. nobody is THAT FUCKING STUPID !!! HAHAHAHA …. wanting to be white…hahahahahahah what a fucking joke .. who the fuck would want to be white ??!!!! hahahahahahaha

    55. hhhhh says – reply to this


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      i effing love her

    56. bethh says – reply to this


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      beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!

    57. Jen says – reply to this


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      I really like America! And Bette Midler is awesome! I got tix to her concert from work a couple of years ago and I wasn't a fan then but I was by the end of the show! She is so awesome and a great role model for entertainers!

    58. Babs says – reply to this


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      Mario are you crazy? Have you read Bette's ideas on gay marriage? She thinks gays shouldn't get married because gay men sleep around! She stereotypes gay men (like a lof of married straight men don't sleep around?). Betty's been to too many bathhouses. She's got the vapors!

    59. dueby says – reply to this


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      I love her!! She seems so down to earth. She's a good role model. Love love ugly Betty can't wait for it to return!

    60. tete says – reply to this


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      she looks grate for me!

    61. Sandr says – reply to this


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      what's up with her teeth? it looks like there's lipstick all over them.

    62. amazi says – reply to this


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      Re: Fail! – seriously you have issues..does it make you feel better to use deragatory terms? There is always a hater in the crowd and those are the ones who never find happiness only lonliness.
      Congratulations on being a loser! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAy

    63. amazi says – reply to this


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      FUCK THAT who wants to be white anyway. Isn't it the White, pasty ASSES that pay so MUch $$$$$ to get a nice TAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
      Yeah POSERS don't try and act like something your not!
      WHITE IS OUT TAN IS IN YOU ALL SUCK!!!!!!!!!

    64. Miley says – reply to this


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