When I got to 'Looking,' I didn't know that you could write stuff and they would put it on TV. That was that experience. My boss was Andrew Haigh and he came from film; he had never done TV. It… — Tanya Saracho Copy Share
We don't have a lot of narrative on TV or film, mainstream film, of brown queers. Latina queers, I can't think of that many. — Tanya Saracho Copy Share Image
No one guided me through it, but here is how it happened: I was in New York doing a play, and an agent got in touch with me and said he wanted to take me out for lunch. In the theatre, they never want to take you out for lunch, so I thought, 'Yes!' I went, I ordered steak, and… — Tanya Saracho Copy Share
I had never heard this term before - gente-fication - which is also happening in Portland, Houston; it's happening in a lot of cities.… — Tanya Saracho Copy Share Image
I just wanted to put together the best Latinx writers. I didn't care about the level.They have a passion for 'Vida' in a different… — Tanya Saracho Copy Share Image
I was obsessed with everything about 'Outlander' - the stories, the way it looked. I thought, 'You know what? I'm going to go to… — Tanya Saracho Copy Share Image
When I got to 'Looking,' I didn't know that you could write stuff and they would put it on TV. That was that experience. My boss was Andrew Haigh and he came from film; he had never done TV. It was his first TV show, and he was running it. And I think he was like, 'Write it, and we'll… — Tanya Saracho Copy Share
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… — Tanya Saracho Copy Share Image
I don't think that 'Vida' is just for Latinos. I don't think 'One Day at a Time''s just for Latinos. — Tanya Saracho Copy Share Image
I dress up cute sometimes to go to work, but TV writers don't! They just go however. — Tanya Saracho Copy Share Image
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… — Tanya Saracho Copy Share Image
I hope to see more Latino stories on television - not just on a personal level, but for us in the industry. We shouldn't… — Tanya Saracho Copy Share Image
