America Ferrera.Photo:Steve Granitz/FilmMagicAmerica Ferrerais fielding questions about herOscar nominationfrom the most unlikely person.TheBarbiestar, 39, revealed in a new interview with theL.A. Timesthat her eldest childSebastian Piers, 5½, began questioning what was going on when their family started receiving flowers after the nominations were announced in January.“My son, who’s the older one, he’s 5, almost 6. He’s asking, ‘Why are you getting so many flowers? Why are all the flowers for you?’ ” Ferrera recalled to the outlet.“Ryan [Piers Williams], my husband, started explaining and I was like, ‘Don’t. He doesn’t need to. Something happy happened to Momma,’ “ she shared.America Ferrera, Ariana Greenblatt and Margot Robbie inBarbie.Warner Bros./Courtesy EverettThe actress, who was nominated for best supporting actress in theAcademy Awardsfor her role as Gloria inBarbie, also discussed what it felt like to be a first-time Oscar nominee.“You know, it feels like waves,” she explained to theL.A. Times. “I forget about it and I’m just cleaning up after my kids, and then something will happen. I’ll be like, ‘Oh, my God, that thing. It’s so crazy that that happened.’”She added, “And yesterday I was at an event where it was the first time they introduced me as ‘Academy Award nominee, America.’ And I was like, ‘Oh my God, it’s so weird!’ “America Ferrera as seen in the movie ‘Barbie.'.Warner BrosFerrera went on to joke that her children, including daughterLucia Marisol, 3, would “have to call me Oscar nominee from now on.”TheSuperstoreactress previously recalled herkids’ reactions to watchingBarbiefor the first time during the film’s Los Angeles premiere in July in an interview at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Virtuosos Awards.She noted that Lucia Marisol, who had watched the movie while sitting on her lap, had a pretty specific question to ask when it was all done. “My daughter turns to me and says, ‘Why were you driving that car?’ " Ferrera shared, adding that her internal reaction to Lucia’s question was, “Awesome. I’m so glad that’s what you took from that.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.She also shared that her son Sebastian Piers’ had been more engrossed in a specific scene, in which the Kens in the film try to build a wall to prevent more dolls from escaping Barbieland into the real world, and he had asked her about two weeks later.“He goes, ‘Mom, did the construction workers ever finish building that wall?’ " she said.“Your mother was in a movie and nobody cares,” Ferrera joked of her kids' reaction toBarbie. “Anyway, kids will humble you, and it’s wonderful.”
America Ferrera.Photo:Steve Granitz/FilmMagic
Steve Granitz/FilmMagic
America Ferrerais fielding questions about herOscar nominationfrom the most unlikely person.TheBarbiestar, 39, revealed in a new interview with theL.A. Timesthat her eldest childSebastian Piers, 5½, began questioning what was going on when their family started receiving flowers after the nominations were announced in January.“My son, who’s the older one, he’s 5, almost 6. He’s asking, ‘Why are you getting so many flowers? Why are all the flowers for you?’ ” Ferrera recalled to the outlet.“Ryan [Piers Williams], my husband, started explaining and I was like, ‘Don’t. He doesn’t need to. Something happy happened to Momma,’ “ she shared.America Ferrera, Ariana Greenblatt and Margot Robbie inBarbie.Warner Bros./Courtesy EverettThe actress, who was nominated for best supporting actress in theAcademy Awardsfor her role as Gloria inBarbie, also discussed what it felt like to be a first-time Oscar nominee.“You know, it feels like waves,” she explained to theL.A. Times. “I forget about it and I’m just cleaning up after my kids, and then something will happen. I’ll be like, ‘Oh, my God, that thing. It’s so crazy that that happened.’”She added, “And yesterday I was at an event where it was the first time they introduced me as ‘Academy Award nominee, America.’ And I was like, ‘Oh my God, it’s so weird!’ “America Ferrera as seen in the movie ‘Barbie.'.Warner BrosFerrera went on to joke that her children, including daughterLucia Marisol, 3, would “have to call me Oscar nominee from now on.”TheSuperstoreactress previously recalled herkids’ reactions to watchingBarbiefor the first time during the film’s Los Angeles premiere in July in an interview at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Virtuosos Awards.She noted that Lucia Marisol, who had watched the movie while sitting on her lap, had a pretty specific question to ask when it was all done. “My daughter turns to me and says, ‘Why were you driving that car?’ " Ferrera shared, adding that her internal reaction to Lucia’s question was, “Awesome. I’m so glad that’s what you took from that.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.She also shared that her son Sebastian Piers’ had been more engrossed in a specific scene, in which the Kens in the film try to build a wall to prevent more dolls from escaping Barbieland into the real world, and he had asked her about two weeks later.“He goes, ‘Mom, did the construction workers ever finish building that wall?’ " she said.“Your mother was in a movie and nobody cares,” Ferrera joked of her kids' reaction toBarbie. “Anyway, kids will humble you, and it’s wonderful.”
America Ferrerais fielding questions about herOscar nominationfrom the most unlikely person.
TheBarbiestar, 39, revealed in a new interview with theL.A. Timesthat her eldest childSebastian Piers, 5½, began questioning what was going on when their family started receiving flowers after the nominations were announced in January.
“My son, who’s the older one, he’s 5, almost 6. He’s asking, ‘Why are you getting so many flowers? Why are all the flowers for you?’ ” Ferrera recalled to the outlet.
“Ryan [Piers Williams], my husband, started explaining and I was like, ‘Don’t. He doesn’t need to. Something happy happened to Momma,’ “ she shared.
America Ferrera, Ariana Greenblatt and Margot Robbie inBarbie.Warner Bros./Courtesy Everett
Warner Bros./Courtesy Everett
The actress, who was nominated for best supporting actress in theAcademy Awardsfor her role as Gloria inBarbie, also discussed what it felt like to be a first-time Oscar nominee.
“You know, it feels like waves,” she explained to theL.A. Times. “I forget about it and I’m just cleaning up after my kids, and then something will happen. I’ll be like, ‘Oh, my God, that thing. It’s so crazy that that happened.’”
She added, “And yesterday I was at an event where it was the first time they introduced me as ‘Academy Award nominee, America.’ And I was like, ‘Oh my God, it’s so weird!’ "
America Ferrera as seen in the movie ‘Barbie.'.Warner Bros
Warner Bros
Ferrera went on to joke that her children, including daughterLucia Marisol, 3, would “have to call me Oscar nominee from now on.”
TheSuperstoreactress previously recalled herkids’ reactions to watchingBarbiefor the first time during the film’s Los Angeles premiere in July in an interview at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Virtuosos Awards.
She noted that Lucia Marisol, who had watched the movie while sitting on her lap, had a pretty specific question to ask when it was all done. “My daughter turns to me and says, ‘Why were you driving that car?’ " Ferrera shared, adding that her internal reaction to Lucia’s question was, “Awesome. I’m so glad that’s what you took from that.”
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
She also shared that her son Sebastian Piers’ had been more engrossed in a specific scene, in which the Kens in the film try to build a wall to prevent more dolls from escaping Barbieland into the real world, and he had asked her about two weeks later.
“He goes, ‘Mom, did the construction workers ever finish building that wall?’ " she said.
“Your mother was in a movie and nobody cares,” Ferrera joked of her kids' reaction toBarbie. “Anyway, kids will humble you, and it’s wonderful.”
source: people.com
