According to Sofia Vergara, she uses her mother as inspiration for her role as Gloria on 'Modern Family.' Channeling her mom helps ensure the role is authentic in terms of how a Colombian woman would react to such situations, Vergara said on 'Good Morning America' (weekdays, 7AM ET on ABC).

"When I first get the script, before I go to the table read every week, I just think, 'How would my mother react to this?' because I want to make it very real," said Vergara. "I mean, funny, but in a way I want to make it like how a Colombian woman reacts."