I felt really strongly about this script [ Everybody Loves Somebody] because, like you said, it's a very specific way of life. Karla Souza More Quotes by Karla Souza More Quotes From 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. Karla Souza cousinunclessunday 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. Karla Souza generationsmenbelieve The patriarchal society has made women believe, first of all, you're only valid and valuable when you're young. Karla Souza madebelievefirsts All the products that are sold to us - those anti-aging products - are telling us that there's a due date. Karla Souza due-dateagingdues I've been transformed by stories, and I think that storytelling is definitely sacred. I take it very seriously because my life has been changed, whether it was a movie, a play, a piece of writing, poetry, a painting. Karla Souza playwritingthinking Something I was adamant about was that the movie [Everybody Lovess Somebody] wouldn't end with, oh, marriage saved [the main character]. They're married and she's OK. I was very pushing on having the ending be that she made an inner growth of healing so that she can then have the ability and the space to love and be loved by someone else, and that love is open-ended and doesn't mean they're going to get married tomorrow and all her problems are solved. Karla Souza healingcharactermean 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. Karla Souza tiredlooksthinking Wisdom and white hair might not be as valued [in our society] as in different cultures. Karla Souza differentwhitehair What I do feel with the different scripts that they give me where I feel like this is done for one of those reasons, I share my point of view. I don't just say, "No, thank you." I say, "I feel that this represents Latinos in a wrong way, in a bad way." Karla Souza viewsgivingway Mexican food is one of the best culinary experiences that people can have. Karla Souza culinarymexicanpeople ["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. Karla Souza marriedfeelsmen 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. Karla Souza scriptscharactertwo I explain that as Latinos, we can also be professionals. Karla Souza latino I tell [scriptwriters] I think [their scripts] has too many stereotypes, that even the way they come in and out of Spanish doesn't really make sense, it feels forced. Karla Souza scriptswaythinking I knew that [director/screenwriter] Catalina Aguilar Mastretta had an amazing take on the female psyche and the modern woman and the modern immigrant woman living in the U.S., and I really saw the need for a story told of our daily lives without being a statistic and without just trying to hit a demographic, and I felt that with this one. Karla Souza sawstryingdirectors Romantic comedies, if done badly, can be catastrophic. Karla Souza comedydoneifs People follow my movies for a reason, and that's because I believe in them, and I don't want to just make movies for the sake of making movies. Karla Souza wantbelievepeople 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. Karla Souza biggerright-nowthinking [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. Karla Souza funculturepeople I would get very frustrated reading scripts that were bilingual but maybe not bicultural. Karla Souza frustratedscriptsreading
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