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

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

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.

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

I feel that the power that storytelling has to change people, to bring them together, to have that cathartic sort of experience, is something that definitely has helped my life be worthwhile and better.

["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.

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