America Ferrera chats with The Hollywood Reporter and talks about her nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 96th Academy Awards for her role in 'Barbie.' She reveals what sticks out to her the most this Oscars season, if she prepared an acceptance speech and more.
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00:00 I have to keep reminding myself like, "Oh, I'm nominated. That's fun."
00:05 Hi, I'm America Pereira and I am nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
00:11 I think what's really exciting is how many new faces there are.
00:22 I thought Lily was unbelievable and so glad for her to be included in that category.
00:28 Also, Greta Lee, who didn't get a nomination, but I just love to Pass the Live so much and I'm so
00:34 glad the movie's being honored and that Celine won the DGA Award last night. And yeah, I mean,
00:40 Daniel Brooks and Davine Joy. It's amazing to see how much new, how many new faces are included in
00:48 this conversation. It really means a lot to a lot of people. That's kind of such a fun part of this.
00:57 I think that it's respectful to be prepared. It's a possibility, right? Even if it's unlikely,
01:03 it's possible you might have to stand on that stage. So I think it'd be insane not to have
01:08 some bullet points, you know? You never want to be the person who forgets to thank your husband
01:13 or your agent. I feel like there'd be so much regret looking back of like, "Damn, I really
01:18 should have prepared for that," you know? But I just think that anyone who's nominated should
01:23 have some level of preparation, but that's how I would do it.
01:26 The "Bring Snacks" reminder is a good one. And also Advil for the feet and in the heels.
01:40 And I've had a couple conversations with people. There's some, you know, juries out on like,
01:44 when to start drinking and how much to drink and like how to pace yourself to really make it through
01:49 the night. At the Globes, Margot and I took a shot of tequila on the red, at the top of the red
01:55 carpet. And that had never been my go-to, but I have to say it was kind of nice.
02:00 When we went to the Oscars for "How to Train Your Dragon" both times, that was amazing. That was
02:10 like being a plus one. You know, I was a small part of a massive team of people who made this
02:15 movie and I got to be there to celebrate it, but no pressure was on me and no one expected us to
02:20 win Best Feature Film. This year feels different. I have to keep reminding myself like, "Oh,
02:26 I'm nominated. That's fun."
02:29 I love hearing about people's children. I always go, I feel like when you talk about kids,
02:37 it just like takes you out of the madness of being in the middle of a very stressful environment.
02:42 So yeah, I think go-to is, are the kids.
02:47 It's home with my kids and my hope is that there's like sleep involved, lots of sleep involved,
02:57 and just being home honestly, like chilling out, coming down from this crazy, fun, wild ride.
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