“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
“I hope that we start trendsetting [with Everybody Loves Somebody], you know, like having bigger movies also include that. Because I think it'll definitely change a lot of what's going on right now.” ThinkingKnowsRight NowBigger Author:Karla Souza
“In the movie [Everybody Loves Somebody], the sister tells my character, "No, don't you want to be with someone?" I think the family - especially in this movie - they know that the reason that Clara doesn't want to have an emotional, intimate relationship is more because she was hurt so badly from heartbreak that she's then being closed off and cynical.” ThinkingKnowsWantReasonCharacterHurtEmotionalIntimateCynicalIntimate RelationshipsClaraWant To Be With Someone Author:Karla Souza
“I told my friend - we were working on a movie together - and he gave me a script and asked me to give him notes. And they were all male characters, and I said, "You know what would make this character more interesting?" And he asked what - and it's this road trip between three guys, basically, one older man, one 30-year-old and a 13-year-old mechanic. And I said, "If you make the 13-year-old a girl, and you make her an Indian-American mechanic." And he said, "What do you mean?" And I said, "Yeah, don't change anything in the script about him, and just make it a her."” IfsKnowsMenGivingYearsMeanSaidCharacterTogetherGuyGirlThreeInterestingMy FriendsYeahNotesMalesScriptsIndianMechanicDon't ChangeAmerican IndianRoad TripOlder Man 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
“I know that [Sunday is the day you spend with your family] is a tradition that I want to keep alive and I also want to share.” KnowsWantAliveShareTraditionOur FamilySunday Author:Karla Souza
“There's a lot of things, even the landscape that we show in the movie [Everybody Loves Somebody] of Ensenada in Baja is just spectacular. There's so much more - I wish we could have shown more, but I'm glad we didn't see the typical, you know, border-sombrero-tequila thing that we normally do.” KnowsShowsWishGladLandscapeBordersTypicalSpectacularTequilaSombreros Author:Karla Souza
“Sadly - and I think this is why it's so important that we do this more - I don't have that guiding light. You know, "Oh, that Sleepless in Seattle bilingual something," like, it doesn't exist. I don't have it in my memory, and that's why I thought it was important to make it.” ThinkingKnowsImportantLightMemoriesSeattleGuiding Light 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
