So much. Gloria and gloria, thats so interesting because i think lot of us have had to, still deal with, that still have t living in both worlds. But dina, you were forced to embrace one identity and hollywood, right i feel like i was living in three worlds there was my world that i grew up in, also Spanish Speaking home, human parents, and the you go out to the world and i speaking english, and im in the bronx, south bronx and then going into this industry as an actress, then nobody recognizes you as eithe one. There was no place for me as a latina, and then as a blac woman, i didnt identify as black woman because for me, it was cultural because of course, i present black, im a black women, i am also cuban when you are here in the unite states and they ask you, put you into a box, and you don fit into the box, culturally i was different. It was not one that identified with, but to work, to survive, it was something that i had to learn. To then learn to be whatever black was. And then
about it do you do interviews in spanish? no. it s basically for the sam reason it s funny that you mentione that because my latest project now and then, it s the first project where i had to speak spanish fluidly fluently all throughout it was that like? it was terrifying [speaking spanish i had my sister in goin with me, the whole way and she said to me, let discuss the elephant in th room when your a child, and you would come down to puerto rico to visit me and that, the rest of the family, and you are critical because of your fou spanish it zipped you up when you were in the catholi school, in the catholic church with the nuns, you are not allowed to speak spanish you were hit if you spok spanish. she goes, what are we going to do about the - because if we don t deal wit it, you re not gonna do well i this project and i said, oh my gosh, i hate you so much, and i love you so