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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

If I look at my old lyrics, they seem to be full of rage, but empty. There was an emptiness in my life.

One tell-tale sign of a Wingnut: they always confuse partisanship with patriotism.

Custom determines what is agreeable.

The ability to keep your mouth shut is usually a sign of intelligence

Most Americans, like most Japanese, view their dogs, cats, and other animal companions as family members, and rightly so.

Gentle and giving-all the rest is treason.

You have two choices. you can keep running and hiding and blaming the world for your problems, or you can stand up for yourself and decide to be somebody important.

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Love laughs at locksmiths.