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Xochitl Gomez opens up about 'Cat in the Hat' and how America Ferrera has inspired her

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00:00I think the only way that I can really truly prove myself is being myself and
00:04being the most joyful version of myself and yeah I mean it happens all the time
00:09consistently every day but I just have to remember to be myself because no one
00:14else can be me. Exactly, you're doing great. I was just overhearing you and
00:18America's interview and you obviously have so much support from I mean an
00:23icon and legend like America but I feel like you've also just in general had so
00:26much support from this other generation of Latina stars what do you feel like
00:31you've taken in from them? Honestly just just so grateful I'm so grateful for
00:36for them because it's the people that have done it before me that allow me to
00:39be who I am and bring in this new energy and they're always just like welcoming
00:43with open arms so I love that personally especially getting to work with her I've
00:47I've gotten to know her over time I've done amazing events and experiences with
00:53her and so getting to actually be with her in a work setting is really cool and
00:59I'm just like literally over here taking notes she's like being so
01:01professional it's like oh right yeah she like sits in a certain way I start
01:04sitting in a certain way. I love it so Gabby and Sebastian I love seeing them as
01:10siblings but you were an only child I'm curious did you have an imaginary friend
01:14growing up? Actually I didn't for a moment I because I would always see it in like
01:20movies and TV shows I was definitely one of those people like am I weird that I
01:23don't have one because like people talk about it and I don't have one and then I
01:27was like tested it out and I was like this is just not a thing for me. If you
01:31could go use the cat's go backer in time would you go and relive a happy
01:36memory or would you go and change something? Sometimes I have to get my
01:42facts straight because sometimes I love to polish things over I definitely live
01:47with like rose little filtered glasses so sometimes I do think that I need to go
01:52back and be like girl that that wasn't as good as you thought it was or other way
01:56around it was actually bad but I'm like it was awesome. Just some editing. Yeah I did
02:02yeah I just edit my life as I go. So realizing your mom had an entire backstory
02:09before she was your mom is emotional this make you reflect on your own
02:12relationship with your mom at all? Actually yeah I mean it's made me reflect
02:16on how good it is because a lot of people I guess don't ask their parents
02:21anything and I would always just I was so curious so I'd always ask her like you
02:25know what'd you do what was your first job what was this what was that like you
02:28had purple hair what why you know and so I was very curious and I just yeah I like
02:33for example like she was her first job was being a lifeguard and so I worked
02:37really hard to be on some team so that I could be a lifeguard but then acting took over
02:41and I had to let that go which was sad but I tried. So Gabby is the new girl
02:46when and I'm sure a lot of viewers are gonna feel that feeling yes when did you
02:50ever feel like the new girl and how did you find your people for all these girls
02:54that are gonna watch this? Well I'm gonna be honest I mean living in LA and
02:58doing this this job when I was so young it was really hard because a lot of kids
03:03didn't understand you know I would have to leave early to go do an audition and
03:07it instead of it being like an exciting cool thing you'd think that that would
03:11give you some like bonus points and it was actually like you're doing what oh
03:16okay she's like not gonna be here for that whatever yeah so it was actually
03:21didn't do the didn't do the thing that I thought it would so I actually moved
03:24around quite a bit just like Abby and had to start over and get new friends but I
03:29always lived in a very optimistic view I always thought like you know what this is
03:32this is a new chance maybe there will be a opportunity for there to be happier kids
03:38so I always thought of it that way

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