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Tanya Saracho

Mexican Playwright

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I'm queer - and queer, to me, is not being stuck in a binary and being kind of fluid. Tanya Saracho

Me Binary Fluid Kind Stuck Queer Being

The big, radical thing that I'm trying to do is to portray Latinas as complex human beings. Tanya Saracho

Big Radical Complex Trying Human Human Beings Beings Thing Portray

When 'Vida' got the green light, Starz sent me this picnic basket of Jamie Fraser red wine and all these 'Outlander' things that I'll never open because it's like my sacred thing. Tanya Saracho

White, older showrunners told me, 'Why do you want to hire an all-Latinx writers room? Hire who's best for the show - don't get caught up in that.' And I was like, 'No.' For such an intimate show about the details of a culture? You can't fake that. The room needs to reflect the makeup of the show. Tanya Saracho

When you get a bunch of Latinxs together, we get to handle our stories. A cultural shorthand happens. Tanya Saracho

You Together Our Cultural Bunch Handle Get Stories Happens Shorthand

I would like to do more millennial, Latina, complicated stories. Tanya Saracho

Complicated Latina Would More Like Stories

I feel like a lot of us have a story to tell, it's just that we don't get the platform or the access or the opportunity. I don't know how the goddesses and gods and the stars aligned. I got the opportunity, and I do have to note that a Hispanic woman gave me that opportunity. Tanya Saracho

I had never heard this term before - gente-fication - which is also happening in Portland, Houston; it's happening in a lot of cities. It's upwardly mobile Latinx who want to come back to their neighborhoods where they grew up - or it's Latinx moving to L.A. and looking for a Latinx neighborhood to live or open a business. Tanya Saracho

Business Looking Before Live Back Neighborhood Neighborhoods Cities Never Open Had Term Come Also Houston Heard Lot Mobile Up Where Want Grew Happening Which Moving Who Portland

In TV, you're a 'writer for hire.' That means you're trying to guess what your boss wants and delivering that story. There's a lot of spitballing. The big thing is 'breaking story,' which means coming up with a story. You do it by episode and put it all up on a board. Tanya Saracho

I'm sad about my theatre career, but I've also fallen a bit in love with TV! Tanya Saracho

Sad Love Theatre Bit TV About Also Fallen Career

I didn't understand that TV writing wasn't writing; it was pitching. Tanya Saracho

Writing TV Understand Pitching

The Latinas in this industry are really supportive and stick together. America Ferrera, Gina Rodriguez, Zoe Saldana, and Salma Hayek have all reached out and have helped promote 'Vida,' and it's because they get it. They really are about opening doors. The more there are of us, the more of a movement it will be, and it won't be just tokens. Tanya Saracho

I want to stay in Chicago. Tanya Saracho

Stay Chicago Want

I'm always writing. There's no stopping. It's just that you can't see it sometimes. Tanya Saracho

You Writing Sometimes See Always Just Stopping

The fact that I have a show on Starz, it's crazy. It's insane. Tanya Saracho

Crazy Insane Fact Show

Glutton things, those are things that are dangerous for me. My grandma and my aunt died of diabetes; I'm borderline diabetic. Tanya Saracho

Me Dangerous Diabetes Those Borderline Diabetic Aunt Died Grandma Things

I am equally a writer and an actor and a director. Tanya Saracho

Director Writer Equally Am Actor

Other people started taking me seriously before I took myself seriously. Tanya Saracho

Myself Me People Seriously Before Other Took Taking Started

When I was in school, I didn't get exposed to Latino playwrights. Tanya Saracho

School Playwrights Latino Get Exposed

I hope to see more Latino stories on television - not just on a personal level, but for us in the industry. We shouldn't just exist when a show is attempting to be diverse. We have good stories, and we are worth it. Tanya Saracho

I'm obsessed with accents. Tanya Saracho

Obsessed Accents

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