पितृसत्तात्मक समाज ने महिलाओं को यह विश्वास दिला दिया है कि सबसे पहले तो आप तभी योग्य और मूल्यवान हैं जब आप युवा हैं।
The patriarchal society has made women believe, first of all, you're only valid and valuable when you're young.
The patriarchal society has made women believe, first of all, you're only valid and valuable when you're young.
कहानियों ने मुझे बदलकर रख दिया है, और मुझे लगता है कि कहानी कहना वाकई एक पवित्र काम है। मैं इसे बहुत गंभीरता से लेती हूँ क्योंकि इसने मेरी जिंदगी बदल दी है, चाहे वह कोई फिल्म हो, नाटक हो, कोई लिखा हुआ लेख हो, कविता हो या कोई पेंटिंग हो।
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.
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.
जब हम देखते हैं कि समाज महिलाओं से यह कहता है कि उनके पास एक निश्चित समय सीमा है, तो वह महिलाओं को एक-दूसरे के खिलाफ खड़ा कर देता है, जहाँ पुरानी पीढ़ी की महिलाओं का मुकाबला युवा पीढ़ी से कराया जाता है। उन्होंने हमें यह विश्वास दिला दिया है कि हमारे लिए दुनिया में पर्याप्त पुरुष नहीं हैं या यह कि हमें सिर्फ हमारे रूप-रंग के आधार पर काम पर रखा जाता है, न कि हमारी योग्यताओं के कारण।
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.
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.
परिवार एक ऐसी चीज है जिसके बीच मैं बड़ी हुई हूँ, और मैक्सिकन संस्कृति में यह बहुत आम है—रविवार वह दिन होता है जो आप अपने परिवार के साथ बिताते हैं, आपके घर में 40 से 50 लोग होते हैं, चाचा और चचेरे भाई-बहन, और मैं इसी माहौल में बड़ी हुई हूँ।
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.
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.
मुझे इस बात को लेकर भी सतर्क रहना पड़ता है कि फिल्मों में महिलाओं को कैसे चित्रित किया जा रहा है। मेरे पास कई ऐसी स्क्रिप्ट आती हैं जिनमें सिर्फ महिलाओं के रूप-रंग की बात होती है। मुझे लगता है कि हम इस तयशुदा पैमाने पर खरा उतरते-उतरते थक चुकी हैं और अब कोई हमारी प्रतिभा या क्षमताओं के बारे में क्यों नहीं पूछता।
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.
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.
मैं इस बात को लेकर बिल्कुल पक्की थी कि फिल्म [Everybody Loves Somebody] का अंत इस बात पर नहीं होना चाहिए कि अरे, शादी ने ही (मुख्य पात्र को) बचा लिया। उनकी शादी हो गई और अब वह ठीक है। मैंने इस बात पर बहुत जोर दिया कि फिल्म का अंत इस रूप में हो कि उसने भीतर से खुद को हील किया (मानसिक रूप से सुधारी), ताकि उसके पास इतनी क्षमता और जगह हो कि वह किसी दूसरे से प्यार कर सके और उसका प्यार पा सके, और वह रिश्ता खुला हुआ हो—इसका मतलब यह न हो कि वे कल ही शादी कर रहे हैं और उसकी सारी समस्याएं हल हो गई हैं।
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.
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.
जब तक उन्होंने लॉरेल (हाउ टू गेट अवे विद मर्डर में) के लिए लिखने के लिए किसी लैटिन अमेरिकी लेखिका को काम पर नहीं रखा, तब तक मुझे डर था कि वह रूढ़िवादिता का शिकार हो जाएगी।
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.
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.
جب مجھے الگ الگ اسکرپٹس ملتے ہیں اور مجھے لگتا ہے کہ یہ کسی خاص مقصد یا غلط وجہ سے لکھے گئے ہیں، تو میں اپنا نکتہ نظر ضرور رکھتی ہوں۔ میں صرف یہ کہہ کر بات ختم نہیں کرتی کہ "نہیں، شکریہ۔" بلکہ میں کہتی ہوں، "مجھے لگتا ہے کہ یہ لاطینی لوگوں کو غلط اور برے طریقے سے پیش کرتا ہے۔"
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."
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."
میکسیکن کھانا دنیا کے بہترین کھانوں اور ذائقوں میں سے ایک ہے۔
Mexican food is one of the best culinary experiences that people can have.
Mexican food is one of the best culinary experiences that people can have.
افسوس کی بات ہے - اور مجھے لگتا ہے کہ اسی لیے اس طرح کا کام بار بار کرنا بہت ضروری ہے - کہ میرے پاس رہنمائی کے لیے کوئی ایسی مثال موجود نہیں ہے۔ جیسے, "اوہ، 'سلیپ لیس ان سیٹل' جیسی دو لسانی کوئی فلم،" مطلب ایسی کوئی چیز ہے ہی نہیں۔ یہ میری یادداشت میں ہے ہی نہیں، اور اسی لیے مجھے لگا کہ ایسی فلم بنانا بہت ضروری ہے۔
Sadly - and I think this is why it's so important that we do this more - I don't have that guiding light. You know, "Oh, that Sleepless in Seattle bilingual something," like, it doesn't exist. I don't have it in my memory, and that's why I thought it was important to make it.
Sadly - and I think this is why it's so important that we do this more - I don't have that guiding light. You know, "Oh, that Sleepless in Seattle bilingual something," like, it doesn't exist. I don't have it in my memory, and that's why I thought it was important to make it.
میں جانتی ہوں کہ [اتوار کو خاندان کے ساتھ وقت گزارنا] ایک ایسی روایت ہے جسے میں نہ صرف زندہ رکھنا چاہتی ہوں بلکہ دوسروں کے ساتھ بانٹنا بھی چاہتی ہوں۔
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 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.
میرے خیال میں کہانی سنانے کا مطلب میرے لیے یہ ہے کہ میں ایسا فن تخلیق کرتی رہوں جو لوگوں کے دلوں کو اس طرح چھو لے جیسے کوئی اور چیز نہ چھو سکے۔
I guess that storytelling would be for me to keep making art that touches people in a way that nothing else can.
I guess that storytelling would be for me to keep making art that touches people in a way that nothing else can.
میرے خیال میں یہ کوئی آسان کام نہیں ہے کیونکہ لاطینی نژاد مصنفین کو اپنی صلاحیتیں دکھانے کے مناسب مواقع نہیں ملتے - اور میں یہ اس لیے کہہ رہی ہوں کیونکہ میکسیکو میں اپنے کیریئر کی وجہ سے مجھے ماضی میں بہت سی دو لسانی فلمیں ملی ہیں، اور لوگ سوچتے ہیں, "اوہ، اس کے لیے یہ سب کرنا مناسب رہے گا۔" بہت سے اسٹوڈیوز اس مخصوص طبقے کو ہدف بنانا چاہتے ہیں، لیکن وہ اس کی شروعات غلط طریقے سے کرتے ہیں، یعنی کسی ایسے شخص کو شامل کیے بغیر جو اس ثقافت کو جانتا ہو اور زبان سے بھی جڑا ہو تاکہ وہ ایسی کہانیاں لکھ سکے۔
I think it's not an easy task because there's not enough Latino writers that are being given opportunities to write things - and I say this because I've been given a lot of bilingual movies in the past because of my career in Mexico, and they're like, "Oh, it's going to make sense for her to do this." A lot of studios want to hit that demographic, but they sort of do it without starting in the right way, which is having someone who knows the culture, and enjoys the language as well, to be able to write these things.
I think it's not an easy task because there's not enough Latino writers that are being given opportunities to write things - and I say this because I've been given a lot of bilingual movies in the past because of my career in Mexico, and they're like, "Oh, it's going to make sense for her to do this." A lot of studios want to hit that demographic, but they sort of do it without starting in the right way, which is having someone who knows the culture, and enjoys the language as well, to be able to write these things.
ہماری سوسائٹی کو اس بات پر سنجیدگی سے غور کرنے کی ضرورت ہے کہ ہم کیا کچھ فروغ دے رہے ہیں، کیونکہ میرا ماننا ہے کہ خواتین کا بااختیار ہونا جتنا خواتین کے لیے فائدہ مند ہے، اتنا ہی مردوں کے لیے بھی ہے۔
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.
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.
مجھے اس فلم [ایوری باڈی لوز سم باڈی] کی یہ بات بہت پسند ہے کہ اسے دیکھ کر ایسا لگتا ہے جیسے آپ بھی اس خاندان کے ساتھ وقت گزارنا چاہتے ہیں۔
I love that in this movie [Everybody Loves Somebody], you almost want to go and hang out with this family.
I love that in this movie [Everybody Loves Somebody], you almost want to go and hang out with this family.
جب مجھ سے 'ہاؤ ٹو گیٹ اوے ود مرڈر' کے لیے لاریل کے کردار کو ایک لاطینی خاتون میں تبدیل کرنے کے لیے کہا گیا، تو میں شدید خوف زدہ ہو گئی تھی، کیونکہ مجھے لگتا تھا کہ کوئی بھی اس کردار کو صحیح طریقے سے نہیں نبھا پائے گا، کیونکہ امریکی نقطہ نظر سے ہماری ثقافت کو کبھی بھی درست انداز میں پیش نہیں کیا جاتا۔
When I was asked to change Laurel into a Latina for How to Get Away with Murder, I was terrified, because I thought, no one's going to know how to do this because the American take on my culture is never accurate.
When I was asked to change Laurel into a Latina for How to Get Away with Murder, I was terrified, because I thought, no one's going to know how to do this because the American take on my culture is never accurate.
فلم [ایوری باڈی لوز سم باڈی] کی موسیقی کو بہت سوچ سمجھ کر چنا گیا ہے کیونکہ یہ ہماری تاریخ اور روایات کی عکاسی کرتی ہے، جبکہ اس کے موضوعات ایسے ہیں جو ہر جگہ اور سب کے لیے معنی رکھتے ہیں۔
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.
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.
[مرکزی کردار] ہمیشہ کچھ نہ کچھ نیا سیکھنے اور آگے بڑھنے کے عمل میں رہتی ہے۔ مجھے لگتا ہے کہ فلم [ایوری باڈی لوز سم باڈی] نے اس بات کو بہت اچھے سے دکھایا ہے اور کہانی کا اختتام اس فرسودہ خیال پر نہیں کیا کہ "کسی عورت کی زندگی تبھی ختم ہوتی ہے جب اسے کوئی مناسب مرد مل جاتا ہے۔"
[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".
[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".
مجھے اپنے خاندان سے بہت محبت ہے۔ اس فلم [ایوری باڈی لوز سم باڈی] میں میرا کردار ایک کامیاب گائناکالوجسٹ کا ہے، لیکن جب وہ اپنے والدین کے پاس ہوتی ہے تو بالکل ایک نادان بچی بن جاتی ہے۔ بالکل ویسے ہی جیسے میں ہوں۔
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.
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.
فلم [ایوری باڈی لوز سم باڈی] میں باجا کے علاقے انسی نادا کے مناظر اتنے شاندار ہیں کہ دیکھنے والے دنگ رہ جاتے ہیں۔ دکھانے کے لیے اور بھی بہت کچھ تھا - کاش ہم اور مناظر دکھا پاتے، لیکن مجھے خوشی ہے کہ ہم نے روایتی ہتھکنڈوں جیسے کہ سرحد، صمبریرو اور ٹکیلا کے گھسے پٹے تصورات سے گریز کیا۔
There's a lot of things, even the landscape that we show in the movie [Everybody Loves Somebody] of Ensenada in Baja is just spectacular. There's so much more - I wish we could have shown more, but I'm glad we didn't see the typical, you know, border-sombrero-tequila thing that we normally do.
There's a lot of things, even the landscape that we show in the movie [Everybody Loves Somebody] of Ensenada in Baja is just spectacular. There's so much more - I wish we could have shown more, but I'm glad we didn't see the typical, you know, border-sombrero-tequila thing that we normally do.
فلم [ایوری باڈی لوز سم باڈی] مہاجرین کی زندگی کو دیکھنے کا ایک بالکل مختلف اور انوکھا انداز تھی۔
[Everybody Loves Somebody] was a different take on that immigrant sort of life.
[Everybody Loves Somebody] was a different take on that immigrant sort of life.
[پروڈیوسرز] نے مجھ سے وعدہ کیا تھا کہ وہ 'ہاؤ ٹو گیٹ اوے ود مرڈر' میں میرے کردار کے ساتھ ایسا نہیں کریں گے کہ لاریل کی شناخت محض اس کی لاطینی ہونے کی وجہ سے ہو۔ اس بات کا اس سے کوئی تعلق نہیں ہے۔ وہ بس اتفاق سے ایک لاطینی نژاد خاتون ہے۔
[Producers] promised me they wouldn't do that sort of "defining nature of my character is that Laurel is Latina [in How to Get Away with Murder] ." It has nothing to do with that. She just happens to be a Latina.
[Producers] promised me they wouldn't do that sort of "defining nature of my character is that Laurel is Latina [in How to Get Away with Murder] ." It has nothing to do with that. She just happens to be a Latina.
میرے خیال میں، خاص طور پر اس شو [ہاؤ ٹو گیٹ اوے ود مرڈر] میں، ہمارے پاس ویولا ڈیوس اور پیٹ ناوالک جیسے شو رنر موجود ہیں۔
I think, especially with this show [How to Get Away with Murder], we have Viola Davis and Pete Nowalk as the showrunner.
I think, especially with this show [How to Get Away with Murder], we have Viola Davis and Pete Nowalk as the showrunner.
[رائمز اور پیٹ ناوالک] نے پہلے دن سے ہی [ہاؤ ٹو گیٹ اوے ود مرڈر کے پائلٹ سے] ایک ایسی عورت کو پیش کیا ہے جو اپنی خامیوں اور خوبیوں کے ساتھ خود جیسی ہے، جو اپنی کمزوریوں کے ساتھ ساتھ اتنی ہی طاقتور بھی ہے۔ میں اس خاندان کا حصہ بننے پر خود کو خوش قسمت سمجھتی ہوں۔
[Rhimes and Pete Nowalk] have definitely, from the pilot [of How to Get Away with Murder], brought forth a woman who is unapologetically herself, unapologetically flawed, and is as vulnerable as she is powerful. I'm grateful to be in that family.
[Rhimes and Pete Nowalk] have definitely, from the pilot [of How to Get Away with Murder], brought forth a woman who is unapologetically herself, unapologetically flawed, and is as vulnerable as she is powerful. I'm grateful to be in that family.
مجھے اس بات کا کریڈٹ مانگنا چاہیے تھا - لیکن وہ اس بات سے بالکل بے خبر ہیں کہ ایک ایسا کردار جو اصل میں ایک لڑکے کے لیے لکھا گیا تھا، اسے اتنی ہی خوبصورتی سے ایک لڑکی کے لیے بھی ڈھالا جا سکتا ہے۔ بالکل ویسے ہی جیسے آپ نے کہا، بس ایک کردار کو ایک مرد کے طور پر لکھیں، اور پھر اسے بدل کر ایک عورت کے کردار میں ڈھال لیں۔ آخر کار، ہم سب انسان ہی تو ہیں۔
I should have asked for credit - but he has no idea how amazing it is that a character that was written as a boy can be equally written for a girl. It's like you said, just write a character as if it were a man, and then turn it and make it into a woman. It's like, we're human beings, after all.
I should have asked for credit - but he has no idea how amazing it is that a character that was written as a boy can be equally written for a girl. It's like you said, just write a character as if it were a man, and then turn it and make it into a woman. It's like, we're human beings, after all.