“I think it's not an easy task because there's not enough Latino writers that are being given opportunities to write things - and I say this because I've been given a lot of bilingual movies in the past because of my career in Mexico, and they're like, "Oh, it's going to make sense for her to do this." A lot of studios want to hit that demographic, but they sort of do it without starting in the right way, which is having someone who knows the culture, and enjoys the language as well, to be able to write these things.” ThinkingKnowsWayWantWritingWellsEnoughAblePastCultureOpportunityLanguageGivenEasyEnjoyCareersTasksStartingStudiosMake SenseMexicoRight WayLatinoDemographicsEasy TasksGiven Opportunity Author:Karla Souza
“[Everybody Loves Somebody] one really loves both cultures, represents them in a very accurate, genuine, authentic, fun, fresh way, and it includes so many more people because it has that language aspect to it.” PeopleWayCultureLanguageFunAspectGenuineAccurate Author:Karla Souza
“Wisdom and white hair might not be as valued [in our society] as in different cultures.” DifferentMightCultureWhiteHairOur SocietyDifferent CulturesWhite Hair Author:Karla Souza
“Family is something that I grew up with, and the Mexican culture has a lot of, you know - Sunday is the day you spend with your family, and you have 40 to 50 people at your house, the uncles and the cousins, and I grew up with that.” PeopleKnowsCultureHouseGrewGrew UpOur FamilySundayUnclesCousinMexicanMexican Culture Author:Karla Souza
“When I was asked to change Laurel into a Latina for How to Get Away with Murder, I was terrified, because I thought, no one's going to know how to do this because the American take on my culture is never accurate.” KnowsCultureKnow HowMurderGet AwayAccurateTerrifiedLaurelsLatina Author:Karla Souza
