Karla Souza Quotes

The patriarchal society has made women believe, first of all, you're only valid and valuable when you're young.

Mexican food is one of the best culinary experiences that people can have.

Until they hired a Latina to write for Laurel [in How to Get Away with Murder], I was scared that she was going to fall into stereotypes.

I think Shonda Rhimes came to change television for women forever.

I would get very frustrated reading scripts that were bilingual but maybe not bicultural.

All the products that are sold to us - those anti-aging products - are telling us that there's a due date.

Wisdom and white hair might not be as valued [in our society] as in different cultures.

I think that, for sure, we as women should try and realize that it's more about having someone to share.

[The main character] is in a forever-growing process. I feel the movie [everybody Loves Somebody] did that very well and not finishing off as "a woman's life ends when she finds the right guy".

["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.

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.

I explain that as Latinos, we can also be professionals.

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.

Romantic comedies, if done badly, can be catastrophic.

I felt really strongly about this script [ Everybody Loves Somebody] because, like you said, it's a very specific way of life.

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.

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.

I love family. In this movie [Everybody Loves Somebody], my character is a successful OB-GYN and yet she goes back to her teenage years when she's with her parents. Like, that's me.

This movie [Everybody Loves Somebody] is as much for the general market as it is for Latino audiences. That's a really exciting prospect.

There's not enough of those inclusive projects where I feel like I'm interpreting a human being and not just a statistic or a nationality.

[Everybody Loves Somebody] was a different take on that immigrant sort of life.

I think, especially with this show [How to Get Away with Murder], we have Viola Davis and Pete Nowalk as the showrunner.

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.

I guess that storytelling would be for me to keep making art that touches people in a way that nothing else can.

The music in the movie [Everybody Loves Somebody] is very much hand-picked specifically because it's our history and our traditions. The themes are universal.

I love that in this movie [Everybody Loves Somebody], you almost want to go and hang out with this family.

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.