Ferrera: 'Weight comments are ridiculous'

America Ferrera has claimed that she tries not to listen to comments about her weight.

The How To Train Your Dragon star claimed that worrying about the remarks is a "waste of time and energy".

"I don't really think about it, to be honest," she told Popeater. "It's not hard to ignore, because I find it all so ridiculous.

"I think there's a whole different set of rules that exist in a pretend world. The celebrity world, the online gossip world, where people have different rules about [how] they get to talk about people and their appearances. To spend any time at all thinking about the bad or good things written about me is such a waste of time and energy."

Ferrera added that she wants to be judged on her talent instead of her appearance.

She explained: "I hope to have a career based on the work I do and not whether a gossip site says I look good or bad in a dress."

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