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I feel like comedy is such a good instruction tool.
I feel like a lot of negative feelings toward the Latin community is just a lack of knowledge.
People arent exposed to it; there are parts of the country where theyve never met a Latino person.
It comes from a fear of the unknown.
I found it interesting to use humor to build a little bit of empathy.
I wanted to, through humor, attack that and our commonalities.
Youve said before that you didnt grow up seeing anyonewho looked like you on television.
I dont really fit into most stereotypes about what were like.
Im a terrible salsa dancer; I couldnt care less about soccer.
I tried to make genuine characters that perhaps someone who wasnt feeling represented could see.
When I stop and think about it, its a great sense of gratitude and Whoa!
I wish I had that, and if I can be that for other people, thats insane.
Who or what have been your ideal representations of Latinos in comedy and entertainment?
It was the closest thing that I could find to my aunts.
As for negative representations, every gang member under the sun.
Or even in live TV shows youd always see someone go, Oh no, senor!
Ive never once in my life said Oh no, senor!
Except that I just said it twice.
You know what Im saying?
How much did you think about separating from your previous well-known works?It wasnt really a thought.
I thinkNarcossort of changed peoples perspective.
Hes also not just like this raging psychopath onNarcos.
It was important to show the audience as close to my character as I could.
The thought behind it wasntI need to let them know Im not Jaime.
It was to let them know more who I am.
Nick Jasenovec wrote and directedPaper Heart, which I loved.
That was all Nick.
He went to Sundance with it and I loved that film, then I worked with him onBroad City.
He was such a strong pillar of production to me.
Jay Martel, the godfather of sketch comedy, I learned so much from him.
He runs a room with kindness first and just understands comedy in a different way.
How was rummaging through the recycling bin this morning?
But I learned what I know about writing for comedy through Jay and about directing through Nick.
So the whole town comes together to see to it he never meets him.
They take off the blindfold and its like, Hes not here!
Hes really not here!
I thought it was the most specifically stupid thing I ever heard, and Ive loved it ever since.
He brought some real winners to this season.
Im a huge fan of Sidorov.
Which character from your first season do you love the most?
And when we work on each others sketches, you’re free to see thats a Sidorov joke.
It was from everyones imagination.
My favorite one to play?
Jecca, who ruined the wedding, was fun to play.
She was such a mess.
I shaved my legs for it so it meant a lot to me.
Its a character where if your main intention is to ruin a wedding, you cant go too far.
That was a huge liberty as an actor to ruin peoples lives.
I graduated in 2007 and then went to Vassar for a semester.
So I didnt really start working until 2008 maybe, and it took me four years to bookBroad City.
In that time I did a lot of dramatic theater and a lot of commercials.
I thought I was rich because I got $2,500 to play a taste bud in a commercial.
I was like so stoked and I wasthe main taste bud it was a really magical experience.
That sense of blind optimism was the best thing I could have done for my life.
First of all, just the fact that you have to shoot.
Shooting for YouTube is not as complicated as it used to be.
If you have a group of friends and an idea, just get together and shoot it.
Dont be afraid to look silly.
The human experience is very unique.
Dont edit yourself before you give it a chance.
