BreAnna Bell After focusing her lens on Flamin’ Hot Cheetos creator Richard Montañez in her latest film “Flamin’ Hot,” Eva Longoria explains how she set out to redefine what it means to be one of Hollywood’s “hardworking heroes” by shining a light on several heroes including her “mentor” Dolores Huerta.
Longoria’s comments came during her Wednesday night speech, as she was honored as one of Time Magazine’s inaugural class of Latino Leaders. “I remember I wasn’t even famous and I met Dolores.
I was on ‘Young and the Restless’ as a struggling actress and I met Dolores through a friend,” Longoria told the room. “I was hanging out with her and she told me, ‘What do you do?’ And she was talking to me and she said, ‘You know what?
One day you’re gonna have a voice and you better have something to say.'” Longoria continued, sharing that the civil rights activist inspired her to grow in other areas of her career as well: “I never forgot that.
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