Actors, writers, directors and executives discuss the state of Latino representation in film and TV with The Times.
For our collection of stories on Hollywood’s Latino culture gap, The Times spoke with actors, writers, directors and executives about the state of Latino representation on-screen and their hopes for the future — so many, in fact, than not all of their memorable responses could be included. Here are 16 of the comments we just had“I yearn for a Hollywood that is more reflective of what the world actually looks like, which includes everyone.
“We need everybody to keep their foot on the gas, because we get like one or two wins and we’re like, ‘Yay!’ At least we’re facing the right direction. The thing that we have to do is build the pipeline of talent — and actually the pipeline is there, it’s about getting the talent the opportunities so that they have the experience.
When I was a kid I had people get in my face and call me an immigrant, and my grandfather fought in World War II, he was part of that unit that was mostly comprised of Latinos from Texas and New Mexico. These are Americans that have been part of America for generations. Less and less, people are seeing Latino faces as being foreign. They’re their neighbors, they’re their friends, they’re the kids their kids see in school and play sports with.We’re Latinos. We’ve been here forever obviously.
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