America Ferrera is saying she was surprised her viral 'Barbie' monologue particularly resonated with one group: teen girls. In an interview with 'People', the 'Barbie' star mentioned that a "young girl" used her character Gloria's speech about the impossible standards set on women to audition for a theater program. Ferrera called it "hilarious" yet "super sad that 11-year-old girls resonate with that monologue and already feel like they know what I'm saying."
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00:00 "Never fail, never show fear, never get out of line. It's too hard, it's too contradictory,
00:06 and nobody gives you a medal or says thank you."
00:09 America Ferreira is saying she was surprised her viral Barbie monologue
00:14 particularly resonated with one group, teen girls.
00:17 In an interview with People, the Barbie star mentioned that a young girl
00:20 used her character Gloria's speech about the impossible standards set on women
00:25 to audition for a theater program. Ferreira called it "hilarious,
00:28 yet super sad that 11-year-old girls resonate with that monologue
00:32 and already feel like they know what I'm saying."
00:34 "I'm just so tired of watching myself and every single other woman tie herself into knots
00:44 so that people will like us."
00:46 Ferreira also recently chatted with the New York Times about the powerful speech,
00:50 noting that she was able to include some of her own thoughts about womanhood in the monologue.
00:55 "Greta asked me, 'Why don't you just tell me what you would say? Write it in your own words.
00:59 What would you add?' Not every director starts out by inviting actors to rewrite their work."
01:04 She continued, "The line, 'Always be grateful,' came out of that conversation with Greta."
01:08 She expounded on it, adding, "But never forget that the system is rigged.
01:12 There were many versions that we did. We ended in tears. It ended in laughter."
01:16 "Always be grateful. But never forget that the system is rigged. So find a way to acknowledge
01:22 that, but also always be grateful."
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