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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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00:00Never fail, never show fear, never get out of line. It's too hard, it's too contradictory,

00:06and nobody gives you a medal or says, thank you. America Ferreira is saying she was surprised her

00:12viral Barbie monologue particularly resonated with one group, teen girls. In an interview with

00:18People, the Barbie star mentioned that a young girl used her character Gloria's speech about

00:23the impossible standards set on women to audition for a theater program. Ferreira called it

00:28hilarious yet super sad that 11-year-old girls resonate with that monologue and already feel

00:33like they know what I'm saying. I'm just so tired of watching myself and every single other woman

00:42tie herself into knots so that people will like us. Ferreira also recently chatted with the New York

00:49Times about the powerful speech, noting that she was able to include some of her own thoughts about

00:53womanhood in the monologue. Greta asked me, why don't you just tell me what you would say,

00:57write it in your own words, what would you add? Not every director starts out by inviting actors

01:02to rewrite their work. She continued, the line, always be grateful, came out of that conversation

01:08with Greta. She expounded on it, adding, but never forget that the system is rigged. There were many

01:12versions that we did. We ended in tears. It ended in laughter. Always be grateful, but never forget that

01:19the system is rigged. So find a way to acknowledge that, but also always be grateful. For more on this

01:24story, head to THR.com. And for the latest entertainment news and updates, keep watching

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