“I also have to be careful of what it says about women. I get a lot of scripts that only talk about women's appearances and what they look like. I think we're tired of having to meet this standard and not being asked what our talents or abilities are.” ThinkingLooksAbilityTalentStandardsTiredScriptsCarefulAppearanceBe Careful Author:Karla Souza
“I also really pay attention to whether the script embodies a full female character or if they're just wanting a two-dimensional objectified woman. So I also have that aspect to take care of as well.” IfsWellsTwoCharacterCarePayAttentionFemaleAspectScriptsTake CarePay AttentionFemale Characters Author:Karla Souza
“["When are you getting married" in Everybody Loves Somebody] is funny because it's put on by women and men. Society makes women feel like, oh, you're getting old.” MenFeelsMarriedMen And WomenGetting OldGetting Married Author:Karla Souza
“The patriarchal society has made women believe, first of all, you're only valid and valuable when you're young.” FirstsBelieveMadeYoungValuablePatriarchal Society Author:Karla Souza
“All the products that are sold to us - those anti-aging products - are telling us that there's a due date.” ProductsAgingDuesDue Date 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
“Our society really needs to take a better look at what we're selling, because I think women being empowered will be as beneficial to men as it is to us.” ThinkingMenNeedsLooksSellingOur SocietyBeneficialEmpowered Author:Karla Souza
“When we see society telling women that they have a certain time, that they make women compete with each other, the older generation competing with the younger generation. They've made us believe that there's not enough men out there for us or that we're only hired because of our looks and not because of our abilities.” MenBelieveLooksMadeEnoughCertainAbilityGenerationsCompetingYounger GenerationOlder Generation Author:Karla Souza
“There's a lot of lies out there that we should catch and that have taken me a lot of time to sort of see, and reading up on it and getting educated on it. I'm reading a book that's about how images of beauty have hurt women along the decades. It's a very educating but infuriating thing to see, how we don't have equal opportunity because they're demanding so much more.” ShouldBookLyingReadingOpportunityHurtTakenEqualDecadesEducatedEqual OpportunityInfuriating 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