1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:00,920 Speaker 1: Amiga. 2 00:00:01,880 --> 00:00:05,680 Speaker 2: Who was your first love? My first love? Well, my 3 00:00:05,760 --> 00:00:12,360 Speaker 2: first love was painting. No, he was my first mistake. 4 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:22,240 Speaker 3: Senora, Senora, Senora, Senora, Senora, Senor. 5 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:31,240 Speaker 2: Hi, Senora, Welcome to Senora. 6 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 4: Sex Ed. 7 00:00:34,040 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 2: Senora sex Ed is not your mommy's sex talk. This 8 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:40,920 Speaker 2: show is la platica like you've never heard it before. 9 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:44,880 Speaker 2: We're breaking the stigma and silence around sex and sexuality 10 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:46,200 Speaker 2: in LATINX communities. 11 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:51,160 Speaker 1: Latinas have been hyper sexualized in popular culture but notoriously 12 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:56,600 Speaker 1: denied sex education. This podcast is an intergenerational conversation between 13 00:00:56,680 --> 00:01:00,920 Speaker 1: Latinas from gen X to gen Z Recovered bring everything 14 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:05,959 Speaker 1: from puberty and body image to representation in film, television 15 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:06,640 Speaker 1: and music. 16 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:10,880 Speaker 2: By the way, before we go any further, let's define 17 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:13,880 Speaker 2: how we're using the words senora on this show. We 18 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:16,440 Speaker 2: know many of you are in your so called senora era. 19 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:19,280 Speaker 1: On this show, a Senora is a woman with a 20 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 1: lot of life experiences and stories to share. Maybe she's 21 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:26,000 Speaker 1: in her thirties, maybe she's in her forties or fifties 22 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 1: or sixties. Maybe she's trans, maybe she's sis. We are 23 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:36,040 Speaker 1: your host and producers, Diosa and Mala. 24 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 2: You might recognize us from our flagship podcast Look at 25 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 2: Tha Radio. Since twenty sixteen, we've covered all kinds of topics, 26 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:46,640 Speaker 2: ranging from politics, to mental health, current events, and of 27 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 2: course sex. We still have so much to learn and 28 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 2: we hope you listen to each and every episode with 29 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:55,080 Speaker 2: the Senoras and Senoritas. 30 00:01:55,120 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 3: In Your Life, Chapter eight, Before. 31 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:11,960 Speaker 1: We get into today's interview, we want to expand on 32 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 1: some of the ways we've fallen in love with our 33 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 1: own crafts or our own talents. In today's episode, you'll 34 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:22,920 Speaker 1: hear how our guest did just that throughout her life 35 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 1: and how she didn't get her big break until she 36 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:30,960 Speaker 1: was a senora. So before we hear from her, Mala, 37 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:33,360 Speaker 1: how did you fall in love with your craft? 38 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:38,920 Speaker 2: Well, I would say that I have the extreme privilege 39 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 2: of having been raised by a very artistic mother who, 40 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:47,040 Speaker 2: from the beginning of my life always emphasized the importance 41 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:50,919 Speaker 2: of the arts. My mom enrolled us in piano lessons, 42 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:54,440 Speaker 2: I spent years in the church choir at my little 43 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:58,600 Speaker 2: Catholic elementary school. I took dance classes with my mom, 44 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:02,520 Speaker 2: and when I got I got really into the dramatic arts, 45 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:07,200 Speaker 2: musical theater and acting. When I'm at you, we found 46 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:10,799 Speaker 2: our love for podcasting for throwing parties, which I think 47 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:14,000 Speaker 2: has its own art, and now because of the podcasting, 48 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 2: I'm also able to pursue an education in filmmaking. So 49 00:03:18,639 --> 00:03:22,520 Speaker 2: for me, I love how one craft, how one art 50 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 2: form has found a way to lead to another and 51 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:28,480 Speaker 2: to new art forms so that I can always expand 52 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:34,080 Speaker 2: my creativity and really cultivate more skills. For me, one 53 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 2: thing always leads to the other. How about you? 54 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:41,640 Speaker 1: Similar to you, Mala, My mom is not an artist, 55 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 1: but she is an appreciator of art, and she's someone 56 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:49,640 Speaker 1: that has always encouraged my love of literature. So growing up, 57 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:53,040 Speaker 1: she would take me to the library and she would 58 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:55,160 Speaker 1: let me check out as many books as I wanted. 59 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 1: She would take me to bookstores and let me buy 60 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:01,200 Speaker 1: a book or two, and she just always cultivated that 61 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 1: love of reading for me, and so I think that 62 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 1: was one of the first ways that I was able 63 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:10,760 Speaker 1: to explore my own creativity, my imagination, and my love 64 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:13,960 Speaker 1: of the written word, which for me, when we were 65 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:18,200 Speaker 1: launching Look At Radio and getting into podcasting, I wasn't 66 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 1: seeing podcasting as writing, but there's so much writing and 67 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 1: creativity that goes into creating a podcast. I think that 68 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:30,479 Speaker 1: the podcast has really been able to give me that 69 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:34,120 Speaker 1: space to grow as a creative as a writer, as 70 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:39,839 Speaker 1: even a visual artist, and just my love of words 71 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 1: and just love of audio and love of all things 72 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:45,840 Speaker 1: podcast and the written word. 73 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 2: And this brings us to today's episode of Senora Sex Said, 74 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:53,960 Speaker 2: where we will be in conversation with a beloved Mexican 75 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:57,280 Speaker 2: actress who got her start later in life and has 76 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:01,039 Speaker 2: really dedicated her life to cultivating her life for her art, 77 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:06,120 Speaker 2: which is acting, the theater and film. Her recurring television 78 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:09,919 Speaker 2: credits include This Full Hand, The Fide, and Victor in Valentina. 79 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 4: When my name is Lauda Patalano. I'm an actor, I'm 80 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 4: a pro woman. I love women, and I think that 81 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:23,160 Speaker 4: we have it so hard out there. I was born 82 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:26,719 Speaker 4: in media Yuka Tamba, raised in Mexico City. My mother 83 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:31,200 Speaker 4: separated from my father when I was eight months old 84 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 4: because he was also a colleague. 85 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:38,560 Speaker 1: Lauda's mother introduced her to sex education at fourteen years old. 86 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:42,680 Speaker 1: She taught Lauda about her menstrual cycle and what to 87 00:05:42,839 --> 00:05:46,960 Speaker 1: expect the first time she had sex. Her platka covered 88 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 1: the basics, and Lauda's mother shared as much information as 89 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:54,719 Speaker 1: she could given her own limited access to sexual education. 90 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:58,560 Speaker 4: My mother was a very smart woman, so pretty much 91 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:01,640 Speaker 4: what I learned it was from her, because back then, 92 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 4: I'm talking about so many years ago. Don't ask me 93 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:07,719 Speaker 4: how many in the school they didn't teach you anything 94 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:11,760 Speaker 4: about that. You know, I'm pretty much you you get 95 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:15,800 Speaker 4: into the sex life or to have the other half 96 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:19,040 Speaker 4: or whatever, and you didn't even have any information. But 97 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:23,680 Speaker 4: my mother pretty much explained me before I had my period, 98 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:28,120 Speaker 4: what was about, what was what happened when you have 99 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 4: your first experience with sex, and all these kind of things. 100 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:40,160 Speaker 4: But back then we didn't have that much information about 101 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:43,039 Speaker 4: how to protect our selves. 102 00:06:43,839 --> 00:06:47,680 Speaker 2: At the age of seventeen, Laura married an older man who, 103 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:52,680 Speaker 2: like her father, struggled with alcoholism. His relationship to alcohol 104 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 2: and sexuality meant that Lauda's first sexual experiences as a 105 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:58,040 Speaker 2: young bride were often painful. 106 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:03,400 Speaker 4: I got married pretty pretty young. That was so stupid 107 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:06,400 Speaker 4: of my part. He got married with this guy that 108 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:08,919 Speaker 4: it was like thirteen years older than me, and he 109 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:12,880 Speaker 4: like alcohol, and it was so stupid anyway, So but 110 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:17,640 Speaker 4: I got married with him, and I mean, this is 111 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:21,240 Speaker 4: very personal, but I didn't have. I didn't feel anything 112 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:24,400 Speaker 4: because this guy was always drunk and didn't the woman 113 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:29,600 Speaker 4: have a different preparation to have really sex. You know, 114 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:33,280 Speaker 4: to guys are like they're quick, they get they see 115 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:36,600 Speaker 4: you in a sexy clothes and probably they're ready to drump. 116 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:39,760 Speaker 4: But for a woman takes longer. And if the guy 117 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:43,440 Speaker 4: doesn't have this knowledge, then it's difficult because in a 118 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:46,880 Speaker 4: start two having pleasure, you're having pain. And that was 119 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:47,920 Speaker 4: terrible for me. 120 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:51,880 Speaker 1: You know, Laura didn't know that sex with her husband 121 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:57,000 Speaker 1: wasn't supposed to be painful. A mentor encouraged Laura to 122 00:07:57,080 --> 00:08:02,440 Speaker 1: explore her own body and sexuality. Masturbation became an important 123 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:05,480 Speaker 1: tool for Lauda to learn about her body and what 124 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:06,760 Speaker 1: brings her pleasure. 125 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:11,040 Speaker 4: And I had a teacher that she was very smart 126 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:15,040 Speaker 4: and she had she had like so much knowledge about 127 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:19,160 Speaker 4: sexology and how to ad the preparations. That's I learned 128 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:21,560 Speaker 4: a lot from her. I used to come to her 129 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:25,520 Speaker 4: and say, like, why everybody's bragging about sex? This is 130 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:30,440 Speaker 4: no fun, you know, it's painful for me. So she said, like, 131 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:33,560 Speaker 4: because we have different times for women and men, and 132 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:37,520 Speaker 4: if he doesn't know how to take you there because 133 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:41,400 Speaker 4: he already has on alcohol. That is going to be 134 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:45,400 Speaker 4: hard for him too. So she even told me, I'm 135 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:47,920 Speaker 4: talking about so many years ago. Now it's more normal, 136 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:53,440 Speaker 4: but explore yourself, Like I was like, what what is that? 137 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:57,240 Speaker 4: What are you talking about? Explore yourself because nobody's going 138 00:08:57,280 --> 00:09:01,200 Speaker 4: to know what it feels like if you if you 139 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:04,360 Speaker 4: know where the points of pleasure are for your own body, 140 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:08,000 Speaker 4: you know. So that was very important for me because 141 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:11,280 Speaker 4: I was I was very young. I was seventeen, and 142 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:14,839 Speaker 4: this lady was very smart. That was my teacher that 143 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 4: she knew what she was talking about. But back then, 144 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:23,480 Speaker 4: nobody talk about this, Nobody say anything like we were 145 00:09:23,559 --> 00:09:28,679 Speaker 4: like women have certain place you know that you and 146 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:31,480 Speaker 4: now I think it's when I see back, I say like, 147 00:09:31,559 --> 00:09:34,760 Speaker 4: oh my god, we should have all this knowledge when 148 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:38,679 Speaker 4: you were young, because that's the realist our body. We 149 00:09:38,760 --> 00:09:41,880 Speaker 4: need to explore our body. Who's going to know better 150 00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:42,319 Speaker 4: than us. 151 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:46,240 Speaker 2: Eight months after it began, Laura's marriage would end. 152 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:49,560 Speaker 4: I got divorced when I eight months later because this 153 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:54,120 Speaker 4: guy was good for nothing, you know he is. It's 154 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:56,720 Speaker 4: funny because he wanted to pretend that we were so 155 00:09:56,840 --> 00:10:00,960 Speaker 4: happy when we have people around. Yeah, so I was. 156 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:03,480 Speaker 4: I think it was so stupid. But when he had 157 00:10:03,559 --> 00:10:06,800 Speaker 4: like that he was drunk, he used to be like 158 00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:13,160 Speaker 4: aggressive and mistreated me in front of his friends, And honestly, 159 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:16,760 Speaker 4: I don't have that character to allow anybody to abuse 160 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:17,480 Speaker 4: me in any way. 161 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:21,960 Speaker 1: Laura's family was supportive of her decision to divorce her husband. 162 00:10:22,559 --> 00:10:25,480 Speaker 1: They never wanted Laura to marry her first husband to 163 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:26,040 Speaker 1: begin with. 164 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:31,040 Speaker 4: My family basically one hundred percent because in the first place, 165 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:34,960 Speaker 4: they never liked him, so I guess they were like, relieve. 166 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:39,120 Speaker 4: I remember my grandmother coming to me and said, if 167 00:10:39,160 --> 00:10:42,200 Speaker 4: you don't get married, I take you to Disneyland. Now 168 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:44,640 Speaker 4: I think that I should take that, but it was 169 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:48,440 Speaker 4: too late. What you fall in love the first time 170 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:52,120 Speaker 4: is not going to be the love forever. That's something 171 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:54,840 Speaker 4: that you learn with time that you will have several 172 00:10:54,960 --> 00:11:00,320 Speaker 4: loves along your time or your life. So I I 173 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:03,320 Speaker 4: got married only twice, but the second husband that I 174 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:07,280 Speaker 4: married was really the love of my life. 175 00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:10,840 Speaker 2: While Laura was navigating marriage and divorced at the tender 176 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:14,200 Speaker 2: age of seventeen, she was also cultivating a love of 177 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:17,760 Speaker 2: a different kind, love of self and love of the stage. 178 00:11:19,040 --> 00:11:24,560 Speaker 4: I started my acting career when I was seventeen because 179 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:28,920 Speaker 4: one of my teachers, my first teacher actually in high school. 180 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:36,920 Speaker 4: After a little improvisation scene, he approached to me and 181 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:39,000 Speaker 4: he said, like, oh my god, you're so good. You 182 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:42,199 Speaker 4: should be doing this for leaving. You should go to school. 183 00:11:42,280 --> 00:11:45,640 Speaker 4: So of course, when you are seventeen or eighteen, you say, 184 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:47,560 Speaker 4: why should I go to school? If I'm really good? 185 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:50,080 Speaker 4: You say that I'm good, right, that I have the gift. 186 00:11:51,120 --> 00:11:52,760 Speaker 4: That's why you say when you're that age. 187 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:57,160 Speaker 1: As a young woman, Laura studied acting under Miguel Corsega 188 00:11:57,240 --> 00:11:59,400 Speaker 1: at Instituto the Artisanico. 189 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:04,400 Speaker 4: So when I finished a school in Mexico, I study 190 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:08,240 Speaker 4: with the best of the best. Miel Corsegal was the 191 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:11,520 Speaker 4: director of the school Institute of Artetenico. That will close 192 00:12:12,040 --> 00:12:15,679 Speaker 4: his doors. But I have all these kind of amazing 193 00:12:15,880 --> 00:12:21,439 Speaker 4: teachers teaching you different fields that you can make it 194 00:12:21,559 --> 00:12:24,760 Speaker 4: in any field. But I do believe as an actor 195 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:31,319 Speaker 4: that theater is the foundation. It's like a house for 196 00:12:31,880 --> 00:12:35,880 Speaker 4: a person that study theater, that will be the foundation 197 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:39,640 Speaker 4: compared to a house, a good foundation, and from there 198 00:12:39,679 --> 00:12:41,560 Speaker 4: you can like build up, you know. 199 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:46,040 Speaker 2: After completing her studies and the dramatic arts Laura started 200 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:50,160 Speaker 2: working as a drama teacher. During her summer vacation in Acapulco, 201 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:52,720 Speaker 2: Laura fell in love on the fourth of July. 202 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:56,080 Speaker 4: We'll never forget. So I saw him and I thought 203 00:12:56,400 --> 00:12:58,560 Speaker 4: he was the most beautiful man I ever seen in 204 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:01,600 Speaker 4: my life. And the funny part is that I didn't 205 00:13:01,640 --> 00:13:04,040 Speaker 4: speak any English back then, and when he saw me, 206 00:13:05,160 --> 00:13:07,040 Speaker 4: he thought the same thing, that I was the most 207 00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:12,360 Speaker 4: beautiful woman he had. But when our eyes crossed, like 208 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:16,000 Speaker 4: we saw each other, it was like a magnet, like 209 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:20,200 Speaker 4: it was so much chemistry, a chikia. He said to me, 210 00:13:20,960 --> 00:13:25,480 Speaker 4: do you have a boyfriend? And exactly that time that 211 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:28,360 Speaker 4: I went back to Capulco, I just ended up a 212 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:31,839 Speaker 4: relationship with the guizo. I was single. I say, no, 213 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:34,800 Speaker 4: I don't, but I mean always with somebody to help 214 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:36,920 Speaker 4: us to translate. He said to me, why not me? 215 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:41,800 Speaker 1: Despite the language barrier, Lauda and her new bow found 216 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:45,080 Speaker 1: ways to communicate their love and attraction for each other. 217 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:49,360 Speaker 4: And then he by me that night with the translator 218 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:52,880 Speaker 4: to go and dance with him across the street from 219 00:13:52,920 --> 00:13:57,560 Speaker 4: the hotel. It was like this dance place, and he 220 00:13:57,679 --> 00:14:02,640 Speaker 4: took with him at twenty book to translate that he 221 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:07,160 Speaker 4: was asking two hours for a kiss, and I, in 222 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:09,320 Speaker 4: my mind I was saying, like, why he doesn't just 223 00:14:10,240 --> 00:14:14,680 Speaker 4: draw a melo papacito, you know, rook? He was asking, like, 224 00:14:14,720 --> 00:14:17,520 Speaker 4: can I kiss you? We spent three days holding hands 225 00:14:17,559 --> 00:14:20,120 Speaker 4: in a capul because my mother or so was with me. 226 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:22,560 Speaker 4: So he tried, you know, he tried to trick me, 227 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 4: but it didn't. I didn't fall for that. He said, 228 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:30,000 Speaker 4: when we were dancing, I forgot the camera in my room. 229 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:32,600 Speaker 4: Do you like to come with me to get it? 230 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:35,520 Speaker 4: I say, nope, you go and get it yourself. I'm 231 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:37,920 Speaker 4: not going with you to that place. I mean, he 232 00:14:38,040 --> 00:14:40,760 Speaker 4: was so attractive that I was going to fall for him. Non, 233 00:14:42,280 --> 00:14:46,240 Speaker 4: So I protect myself that way. So he went to 234 00:14:46,280 --> 00:14:48,400 Speaker 4: get the camera. I took a bountch of pictures and 235 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:51,040 Speaker 4: he said, okay, so I see you tomorrow. You want 236 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:53,360 Speaker 4: to come at six in the morning to fish. I say, 237 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:56,480 Speaker 4: no way, I need my sleep. So he and the 238 00:14:56,520 --> 00:14:59,600 Speaker 4: next day we saw each other around two at the 239 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:03,080 Speaker 4: beach in the hotel. We spent three days and then 240 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:04,880 Speaker 4: he went back to the States and went back to 241 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:08,680 Speaker 4: Mexico and he started calling me every Saturday and back 242 00:15:08,720 --> 00:15:10,680 Speaker 4: then I mean, I was living in a place and 243 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:13,360 Speaker 4: the office of one of my uncle who was in 244 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:17,040 Speaker 4: front of my apartment, and my uncle was really good 245 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:19,120 Speaker 4: with the English. She used to live in the States, 246 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:22,320 Speaker 4: so he was now the translator house. He started asking me, 247 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:24,280 Speaker 4: I really want to marry to you. 248 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:27,800 Speaker 2: Tired of loving at a distance, Laura and her new 249 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:30,920 Speaker 2: love decided to get married so they could finally be together. 250 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:34,960 Speaker 4: To get married in Mexico, it was too complicated. He 251 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:37,680 Speaker 4: needed to move to Mexico and stay with me for 252 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:41,840 Speaker 4: three months, and then the government needed to be like 253 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:45,360 Speaker 4: investigating who he was, what he was doing for work 254 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:48,480 Speaker 4: and all this. So we needed to ask the government 255 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:51,400 Speaker 4: permission to marriage. And he said, like, why I have 256 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:53,680 Speaker 4: to ask the government. I need to ask you, not 257 00:15:53,760 --> 00:15:59,080 Speaker 4: the government. So when he investigated I was the situation here. 258 00:15:59,440 --> 00:16:02,880 Speaker 4: It was so very complicated, like, Okay, you need to 259 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:06,000 Speaker 4: have a visa, a fiance visa. You need to wait 260 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:10,080 Speaker 4: for a year, you need to have some documents, translated documents, 261 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:13,200 Speaker 4: and it was very complicated, and we didn't want to wait. 262 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:17,440 Speaker 1: Lauda made an executive decision she would pack her bags 263 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:20,040 Speaker 1: and leave Mexico to live with her husband in the 264 00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:23,840 Speaker 1: United States. There, she would continue to seek out opportunities 265 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:28,520 Speaker 1: to act. Living with her English speaking husband wasn't always easy, 266 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:31,840 Speaker 1: and neither was finding acting jobs in Rhode Island as 267 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:32,760 Speaker 1: a Mexican woman. 268 00:16:33,640 --> 00:16:35,600 Speaker 4: But it was really not much to do. But I 269 00:16:35,640 --> 00:16:39,160 Speaker 4: remember one day reading in a newspaper that they were 270 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:43,200 Speaker 4: looking for actors in a museum for a play for kids. 271 00:16:43,760 --> 00:16:47,360 Speaker 4: So he said, like, apply, you call them. I said, 272 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:50,520 Speaker 4: how they are going to look for a Mexican actress 273 00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:55,360 Speaker 4: in the middle of nowhere, because Providence is the smallest state, 274 00:16:55,560 --> 00:17:00,320 Speaker 4: you know, He said, you called and find out. I mean, 275 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:03,480 Speaker 4: it took me a long time to learn the language 276 00:17:03,520 --> 00:17:06,679 Speaker 4: because I didn't speak any language when I moved here 277 00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:10,520 Speaker 4: with him, and I used to fight with him and 278 00:17:11,600 --> 00:17:17,680 Speaker 4: take a dictionary trying to tell him how I felt. 279 00:17:17,680 --> 00:17:20,280 Speaker 4: But by the time I could find any word, I 280 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:23,960 Speaker 4: didn't know how to put them together. So I guess 281 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:26,520 Speaker 4: we spoke the language of love because it was so 282 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:28,440 Speaker 4: difficult to communicate with him. 283 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:33,719 Speaker 2: Eventually, Laura separated from her husband and left Rhode Island. 284 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:37,080 Speaker 2: She returned to Mexico, where she raised her twin daughters 285 00:17:37,119 --> 00:17:38,760 Speaker 2: for the next ten years. 286 00:17:39,119 --> 00:17:44,159 Speaker 4: It was very complicated. He had problems with addiction. So 287 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:49,240 Speaker 4: I sayparated from him because I didn't want my girls 288 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:53,520 Speaker 4: to see that. And years later they'd reconnect with their 289 00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:59,920 Speaker 4: father because I never spoke bad about him. I used 290 00:17:59,920 --> 00:18:03,680 Speaker 4: to tell my kids, he's not a bad person, he's 291 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:09,000 Speaker 4: a sick person. And years later when we reconnect, he 292 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:14,320 Speaker 4: was clean. But we never divorced. So I lost him. 293 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:21,240 Speaker 4: Like he passed away seven years ago, very young, forty six. 294 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:22,160 Speaker 4: I think he was. 295 00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:29,000 Speaker 1: Stay tuned, there's more to come. 296 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:34,800 Speaker 2: Thanks for sticking around. We are back. 297 00:18:36,960 --> 00:18:40,520 Speaker 4: One day, I had this amazing dream that I see 298 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:46,800 Speaker 4: myself in a beautiful house, huge house, and I see 299 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:52,199 Speaker 4: I see the garden in from the second floor, and 300 00:18:52,240 --> 00:18:56,280 Speaker 4: I was with this red, beautiful strapless dress, makeup down, 301 00:18:56,440 --> 00:19:00,439 Speaker 4: hair don looking at this garden, saying I cannot believe 302 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:05,280 Speaker 4: that everything is paid with my acting career. That was it. 303 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:08,040 Speaker 4: The next day I tell my kids and they say, 304 00:19:08,119 --> 00:19:10,560 Speaker 4: what I think, area, what are you talking about? They 305 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:13,680 Speaker 4: didn't even know that. When I mean I was doing 306 00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:16,639 Speaker 4: theater and I was I went to school for acting 307 00:19:16,680 --> 00:19:19,560 Speaker 4: and all that stuff. They say, okay, so let's look 308 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:21,520 Speaker 4: for for you to go back to acting. 309 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:24,919 Speaker 2: The next thing Lauda did was grab a newspaper and 310 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:26,680 Speaker 2: began looking for acting jobs. 311 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:28,840 Speaker 4: I didn't know how to do it in the States, 312 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:33,679 Speaker 4: So we got a newspaper and in every single like 313 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:38,560 Speaker 4: those newspapers, like tiny ones that you get in the 314 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:42,159 Speaker 4: stores with a bunch of naked women in the middle 315 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:45,200 Speaker 4: of the pages, some of the announcers in the bag 316 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:48,960 Speaker 4: say like, oh, we were looking for actors. So I 317 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:53,280 Speaker 4: got every single address of those places in New York 318 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:56,560 Speaker 4: and I went with my kids to every single one 319 00:19:56,600 --> 00:20:01,119 Speaker 4: of them, and most of them were fraud The last 320 00:20:01,119 --> 00:20:04,439 Speaker 4: place that I went was the only authentic place, but 321 00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:10,280 Speaker 4: they were representing extras. So they give me a piece 322 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:13,080 Speaker 4: of paper. I read. The guy like it and he said, okay, 323 00:20:13,119 --> 00:20:16,320 Speaker 4: so we're going to represent you. So that's how it started. 324 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:19,920 Speaker 4: So in one of these occasions that I went, I 325 00:20:19,920 --> 00:20:22,680 Speaker 4: did a couple of extra work in a couple of movies. 326 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:25,280 Speaker 4: But I said, this is this is not what I am, 327 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:26,520 Speaker 4: this is not what I want. 328 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:26,800 Speaker 2: You know. 329 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:31,280 Speaker 4: I met this guy, Ernesto de Vijavijanni, and he said like, 330 00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:34,119 Speaker 4: so what are you doing. I said, well, I started 331 00:20:34,119 --> 00:20:36,119 Speaker 4: acting in Mexico with the best of the best. And 332 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:38,520 Speaker 4: he said, no, no, no, no, you need to belong to 333 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:44,560 Speaker 4: the OLA. What's the OLA Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors. 334 00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:48,480 Speaker 4: So they had like a website that you pay certain 335 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:52,439 Speaker 4: amount and they send you to castings. That sounds more legit, 336 00:20:52,560 --> 00:20:55,920 Speaker 4: you know, So I did that and then they start 337 00:20:55,960 --> 00:20:58,600 Speaker 4: sending me. So the first feature film that we went 338 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:04,440 Speaker 4: to Sunden's actually was from The Imperialist Still Alive, and 339 00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:06,520 Speaker 4: I got it from through them. 340 00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:11,439 Speaker 1: By the time Lauda discovered her passion for film, she 341 00:21:11,560 --> 00:21:12,760 Speaker 1: was in her late forties. 342 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:16,199 Speaker 4: So I remember the first one that I booked. It 343 00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:20,000 Speaker 4: was from a student of a Tish school in New York. 344 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:23,679 Speaker 4: So I tell my kids, I got a part in 345 00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:29,400 Speaker 4: a movie. Okay, how much you're going to make? Nothing? 346 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:35,840 Speaker 4: How come nothing? I say no, because you know this 347 00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:39,240 Speaker 4: is a film, a student film, and that will give 348 00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:42,280 Speaker 4: me the footage that I need to have a demo. 349 00:21:42,359 --> 00:21:45,120 Speaker 4: Real no, no, no, you love to work for free. 350 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:48,199 Speaker 4: So anyway, so that was the first film that I 351 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:51,840 Speaker 4: did in New York. But after that one, it was 352 00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:55,439 Speaker 4: like so many like booking things that it came along, 353 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:57,840 Speaker 4: you know, first in New York, and then I decided 354 00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:02,399 Speaker 4: I always wanted to be in California. I always believe 355 00:22:02,520 --> 00:22:05,480 Speaker 4: that in New York I was part of a minority, 356 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:08,280 Speaker 4: and in La I will be part of a community. 357 00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:14,040 Speaker 4: I always believe in that. But it wasn't It wasn't easy. 358 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:18,159 Speaker 4: I mean I was still raising the kids myself, you know, 359 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:22,800 Speaker 4: and it was like so expensive, and I had three jobs, 360 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:27,840 Speaker 4: so tired, and I couldn't like really like move here 361 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:28,800 Speaker 4: with what money. 362 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:33,040 Speaker 2: Laura's acting journey wasn't easy. Her big break came with 363 00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:36,000 Speaker 2: an opportunity to act in an indie drama by Chicana 364 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:38,000 Speaker 2: writer director Aro Ra Guerrero. 365 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:41,520 Speaker 4: So I remember that what it really changed my life. 366 00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:46,720 Speaker 4: It was a film, Mosquita Mari. It was for being 367 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:51,520 Speaker 4: Mosquita's mom. So I say, like they called me, and 368 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:55,000 Speaker 4: I say, like, because somebody gave my name. Actually the 369 00:22:55,160 --> 00:23:00,440 Speaker 4: VP from from the Imperialist, the lady that she's from wife, 370 00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:03,080 Speaker 4: I'm not wrong. She's the one that gave my name 371 00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:07,080 Speaker 4: to Aurora. And they were looking, they already looking to 372 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:10,800 Speaker 4: New York in I mean into California and in Mexico, 373 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:13,879 Speaker 4: and the person they liked they couldn't have like a 374 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:19,800 Speaker 4: visa or something like that. So finally when they send 375 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:22,639 Speaker 4: me the address, I say, oh, but this is California. 376 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:25,040 Speaker 4: I live in New York. Oh forget about I said, no, no, no, 377 00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:28,159 Speaker 4: because anyway, I'm going to California a few days, So 378 00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:30,920 Speaker 4: you send me the information. In the meantime, I send 379 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:34,720 Speaker 4: you my demo real. They said, okay, So just because 380 00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:36,520 Speaker 4: it was the fourth of you, I need to put 381 00:23:36,560 --> 00:23:38,359 Speaker 4: myself on tape with a teenager. 382 00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:42,080 Speaker 1: Before Lauda submitted her self tape, she got a call 383 00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:44,560 Speaker 1: from Michael Sandford, the casting director. 384 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:48,760 Speaker 4: So I'm calling you because Alora get read, already saw 385 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:51,080 Speaker 4: your demo reel and he's invited to be part of 386 00:23:51,119 --> 00:23:54,200 Speaker 4: the movie. So he's offering you even when she hasn't 387 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:57,280 Speaker 4: seen yourself tape, just for your demo. Real, Like I 388 00:23:57,320 --> 00:24:00,159 Speaker 4: told my kids many many years ago that will I 389 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:02,480 Speaker 4: will get me jobs and they didn't believe me. You know, 390 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:05,879 Speaker 4: I'm proving that it's true. So he said, like, ah, 391 00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:08,320 Speaker 4: she's inviting you to be part of the movie. I 392 00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:11,320 Speaker 4: was like, oh my god, the movie in LA. I 393 00:24:11,359 --> 00:24:13,840 Speaker 4: can't believe it. I say, of course, have you read 394 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:16,320 Speaker 4: the script? No, but I don't care. I want to 395 00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:18,320 Speaker 4: be part of this, so I will be there. So 396 00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:21,359 Speaker 4: the only thing that I ask a production is like 397 00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:24,200 Speaker 4: I don't have a car, so I'm going to say, 398 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:28,080 Speaker 4: are you already like find up. I was working in 399 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:33,520 Speaker 4: an office in Soho, like a manager of this fragance company, 400 00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:35,800 Speaker 4: and I called my boss and he said, I give 401 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:39,160 Speaker 4: you the permission go ahead. So I have to make 402 00:24:39,320 --> 00:24:43,159 Speaker 4: a lot of phone calls. So finally, finally I was 403 00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:46,280 Speaker 4: on set and I remember telling one of the actresses, 404 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:49,160 Speaker 4: You're so lucky because you live here. She said why, 405 00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:51,720 Speaker 4: I said, because I always wanted to live in la 406 00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:54,359 Speaker 4: and I can find a way. She say, okay, you 407 00:24:54,359 --> 00:24:56,440 Speaker 4: know I invite you to splip in the sofa in 408 00:24:56,560 --> 00:25:01,119 Speaker 4: my clubs. I said really, she said yeah, sure, okay. 409 00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:05,840 Speaker 4: So that was in June July September. She texted me 410 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:08,720 Speaker 4: are you moving or no? I said, you're serious. Then 411 00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:12,760 Speaker 4: she said yes, I'm serious. I say, Okay, by January 412 00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:13,480 Speaker 4: I will be there. 413 00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:17,520 Speaker 2: Lauda's role in Mosquito Marie not only changed Lauda's life, 414 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:20,919 Speaker 2: but the lives of queer audiences who saw the supportive 415 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:24,160 Speaker 2: and loving mother they never had in her performance. 416 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:28,960 Speaker 4: The experience with that film was amazing for me because 417 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:35,840 Speaker 4: when we had the film in out first, the people 418 00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:38,040 Speaker 4: that got the ticket had the right to be in 419 00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:42,520 Speaker 4: the party. And I remember being in the party with 420 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:46,560 Speaker 4: my eating and a couple of guys following me whatever 421 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:49,720 Speaker 4: I was. So one guy was telling the other one, 422 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:54,000 Speaker 4: come on, tell her, tell her. So I look around, 423 00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:56,639 Speaker 4: I leave my plate and I say, what's going on? Guys? 424 00:25:57,280 --> 00:25:59,760 Speaker 4: So one said to the other one, he wants to 425 00:25:59,760 --> 00:26:03,800 Speaker 4: talk to you. So this young kid approached to me 426 00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:07,080 Speaker 4: and he say, can I hug you? Because you look 427 00:26:07,119 --> 00:26:10,920 Speaker 4: a lot like my mom and I and she passed 428 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:13,880 Speaker 4: away three years ago without accepting that I was gay. 429 00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:19,240 Speaker 4: That broke my heart. I say, of course, you can't 430 00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:21,320 Speaker 4: hug me. So I hug him, and I say, listen, 431 00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:24,239 Speaker 4: we came to I really believe that we came to 432 00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:28,880 Speaker 4: this world to be happy, not be miserable, be happy. 433 00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:34,320 Speaker 4: Your mom unfortunately couldn't understand that you're gay, because that's 434 00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:38,439 Speaker 4: who you are, and sometimes we are. We are raised 435 00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:42,680 Speaker 4: with so many things you know that people doesn't get, 436 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:46,120 Speaker 4: but important things. You're here, you have somebody to love, 437 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:50,679 Speaker 4: Embrace who you are. Period. So the next day he 438 00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:54,399 Speaker 4: put in a Facebook page that we had a page 439 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:58,399 Speaker 4: for Mosquito married that the fact that he saw the 440 00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:00,800 Speaker 4: movie and that he was able to speak to me 441 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:05,080 Speaker 4: he was able to have a closure in his mom lossing. 442 00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:08,840 Speaker 4: I was like, Oh, if you can do something like 443 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:13,200 Speaker 4: that as an actor, your work is no less important 444 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:19,000 Speaker 4: than our doctors. You're healing souls, you're healing people, And 445 00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:23,560 Speaker 4: for me, that transformed completely the way I see my 446 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:24,399 Speaker 4: acting career. 447 00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:34,200 Speaker 1: Now. We hope you're enjoying this conversation. Stay tuned, there's 448 00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:34,840 Speaker 1: more to come. 449 00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:42,320 Speaker 2: Thanks for sticking around. We are back. 450 00:27:43,359 --> 00:27:46,600 Speaker 1: It took many years for Lauda's film career to take off. 451 00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:50,320 Speaker 1: She started to book major roles at the age of sixty. 452 00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:54,600 Speaker 1: Lauda is now sixty six. The love of her life 453 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:56,080 Speaker 1: is her blossoming career. 454 00:27:57,040 --> 00:28:01,240 Speaker 4: I by myself. I love myself. I don't need a 455 00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:04,680 Speaker 4: guy to be happy. I learned that, you know. I mean, 456 00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:08,440 Speaker 4: I'm happy in so many beautiful to have somebody to love. 457 00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:11,000 Speaker 4: But I mean, if I don't have it, I'm not 458 00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:14,440 Speaker 4: going to be like being said, because it's not there. 459 00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:16,879 Speaker 4: I have so many other things that fill out my 460 00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:20,480 Speaker 4: life in a beautiful way. I have a great relationship 461 00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:25,520 Speaker 4: with my kids. 462 00:28:26,280 --> 00:28:29,360 Speaker 2: According to an article in The Ringer about the golden 463 00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:32,639 Speaker 2: age of the aging actor, in the past twenty years 464 00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:36,520 Speaker 2: and particularly the last ten to fifteen. Today's average actor 465 00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:39,720 Speaker 2: age has reached the mid forties and is steadily climbing 466 00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:40,680 Speaker 2: toward fifty. 467 00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:45,400 Speaker 4: My career is taken really alone, like it's taking over 468 00:28:45,520 --> 00:28:48,600 Speaker 4: because I'm so happy. I'm so happy that I can 469 00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:51,640 Speaker 4: do what I love to do that I really believe 470 00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:57,360 Speaker 4: I was born to do so, especially when you're older. 471 00:28:57,480 --> 00:29:02,280 Speaker 4: I remember reading this article when it was like Adriana Barasa, 472 00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:07,840 Speaker 4: George Lopez and my picture, and it says that that 473 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:09,959 Speaker 4: I think it was last year that I read it 474 00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:15,200 Speaker 4: that most of the people, most of the time elderly people. 475 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:20,120 Speaker 4: We are like the background for actors for stories. It's 476 00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:23,120 Speaker 4: not too many stories about elderly people. It should be more, 477 00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:25,680 Speaker 4: but it's not with all the experience that we have. 478 00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:30,240 Speaker 4: But the article says, when you give them their chance 479 00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:35,440 Speaker 4: to do their teens like a blue beetles for Adrina 480 00:29:35,520 --> 00:29:39,200 Speaker 4: Barasa and for George Lopez and for me and this fool, 481 00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:45,640 Speaker 4: we can be the secret weapon. And I was so 482 00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:52,520 Speaker 4: proud that I could be featured with these two big names. 483 00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:54,480 Speaker 4: I don't have that big name yet, but I mean, 484 00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:58,440 Speaker 4: I think I'm on my way, but to be recognized 485 00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:00,840 Speaker 4: as an actor that you have Alan that you can 486 00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:06,080 Speaker 4: do other things other than be a background for other 487 00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:07,240 Speaker 4: young younger people. 488 00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:11,520 Speaker 1: With several exciting film projects and the works, Laura is 489 00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:13,920 Speaker 1: happier than ever at the stage of her life. 490 00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:16,480 Speaker 4: I think this is one of the best times of 491 00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:20,480 Speaker 4: my life because I'm mature enough to don't take bullshit 492 00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:24,440 Speaker 4: from anybody. Actually, when I go to I am on 493 00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:27,440 Speaker 4: set and the makeup artist comes and she said to me, like, 494 00:30:27,520 --> 00:30:30,280 Speaker 4: are you allergic to anything? I say, yeah to bullshit, 495 00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:33,440 Speaker 4: but I mean pretty much, I am living one of 496 00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:36,040 Speaker 4: the best times of my life. I mean, if I 497 00:30:36,120 --> 00:30:40,880 Speaker 4: go tomorrow, I will go happy because I've been doing 498 00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:43,760 Speaker 4: whatever I want. I've been I can tell you I'm 499 00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:46,400 Speaker 4: a working actor making my living of what I love. 500 00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:49,880 Speaker 2: Lara still has goals that she wants to pursue, like 501 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:53,200 Speaker 2: buying the house she dreamt of and traveling with her twins. 502 00:30:53,520 --> 00:30:55,560 Speaker 4: I want to travel to my kids to Europe. So 503 00:30:56,160 --> 00:30:59,000 Speaker 4: that's two things that I need to accomplish before I go. 504 00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:02,600 Speaker 4: So you've God allowed me to do that, I will 505 00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:06,200 Speaker 4: be more than happy to when I leave this world. 506 00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:11,000 Speaker 4: I hope that people remember that I inspired them somehow, 507 00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:13,480 Speaker 4: you know, because sometimes I have friends that I say 508 00:31:13,560 --> 00:31:16,480 Speaker 4: like I am about to give up, and then I 509 00:31:16,560 --> 00:31:19,280 Speaker 4: see you and I say, loud no, here, louda could 510 00:31:19,320 --> 00:31:20,160 Speaker 4: I can't do it too. 511 00:31:21,040 --> 00:31:23,920 Speaker 1: Lauda is proof that it's never too late to pursue 512 00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:27,080 Speaker 1: your dreams. She inspires all of us with her acting, 513 00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:30,440 Speaker 1: but she also inspires those in her personal life. 514 00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:33,040 Speaker 4: And when I moved here from New York, I remember 515 00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:36,440 Speaker 4: people telling me you don't drive, you don't have a car. 516 00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:39,840 Speaker 4: How you're going to go to castings? I don't know. 517 00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:42,880 Speaker 4: I will find a way. You're not going to be able. 518 00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:48,200 Speaker 4: I used to say, like watch me, and now like 519 00:31:48,680 --> 00:31:51,720 Speaker 4: I'm approved of that is possible. You know it took 520 00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:55,000 Speaker 4: me so many hours. But when I had like a 521 00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:58,720 Speaker 4: commercial whatever, I like two hours from Santa Monica in 522 00:31:58,760 --> 00:32:01,920 Speaker 4: a boss it's like reading kill us. But I mean, 523 00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:05,640 Speaker 4: I'm approved, that is possible. So I will tell anybody, 524 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:09,200 Speaker 4: any age, if you had a dream, If you have 525 00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:11,320 Speaker 4: a dream, pursue that dream. 526 00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:14,280 Speaker 2: Once a young woman who learned to love her body 527 00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:17,840 Speaker 2: and sexuality from an older mentor, Laura now enjoys the 528 00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:19,880 Speaker 2: wisdom gained from a life well lived. 529 00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:24,520 Speaker 4: Somehow you become wiser. I don't know why or how, 530 00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:28,080 Speaker 4: but I mean, when you have you have to learn. 531 00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:31,120 Speaker 4: You learn every single day, no matter how old you are, 532 00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:34,200 Speaker 4: and sometimes you learn it from somebody younger than you. 533 00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:40,720 Speaker 4: But yeah, I think that we have access now to 534 00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:45,440 Speaker 4: so many tools and things that we didn't have before. 535 00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:48,560 Speaker 4: And that's great, you know, especially for you guys that 536 00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:55,920 Speaker 4: you're young and don't what will I say it, no 537 00:32:56,080 --> 00:33:00,840 Speaker 4: secunforming convenience, the local medicine. You deserve to be and 538 00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:04,920 Speaker 4: also to be happy in the sexual field, you know, 539 00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:10,000 Speaker 4: like when they're satisfaction sexualist, it's not a sing al gontryo. 540 00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:13,520 Speaker 4: You should you should be happy and you should be 541 00:33:13,640 --> 00:33:16,840 Speaker 4: able to feel if you have a lover that is 542 00:33:16,880 --> 00:33:20,600 Speaker 4: smart enough know somebody that is just selfish and te 543 00:33:20,840 --> 00:33:24,400 Speaker 4: just want to get be happy and finish, and you'll 544 00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:28,880 Speaker 4: be like, that's it. Thank you for the invitation, ladies, 545 00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:31,800 Speaker 4: that was really amazing. Thank you for paying attention to 546 00:33:31,880 --> 00:33:36,560 Speaker 4: my work. And I will say, like, I continue what 547 00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:39,160 Speaker 4: you're doing, because I think it's important that people have 548 00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:43,719 Speaker 4: this knowledge of what to do when they don't know 549 00:33:44,520 --> 00:33:49,440 Speaker 4: and look for information or even look for mentors that 550 00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:53,440 Speaker 4: can help you out when you are like, especially when 551 00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:55,680 Speaker 4: you're too young and you think that you know everything 552 00:33:55,720 --> 00:33:58,600 Speaker 4: and you don't know it like look for people that 553 00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:00,240 Speaker 4: can sometimes. The teaching. 554 00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:07,440 Speaker 2: My big takeaway is that with time and with age 555 00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:12,600 Speaker 2: can come a type of excellence that is impossible to 556 00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:17,000 Speaker 2: reach an experience when you're young, things like acting, cultivating 557 00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:20,200 Speaker 2: your craft, really improving at your skill set and your art. 558 00:34:20,680 --> 00:34:25,760 Speaker 2: It takes time, it takes patience, and it takes a journey. 559 00:34:26,520 --> 00:34:28,520 Speaker 2: And I also think that what Lauda has taught me 560 00:34:28,840 --> 00:34:32,440 Speaker 2: is that romantic love might come and go, but your 561 00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:34,120 Speaker 2: art will always be there for you. 562 00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:38,920 Speaker 1: Next time on Senora Sex said, we'll be in conversation 563 00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:44,080 Speaker 1: with Liam Winslett, executive director and co founder of Collectivo 564 00:34:44,280 --> 00:34:47,280 Speaker 1: Intercultural Transcredento. 565 00:34:46,960 --> 00:35:17,160 Speaker 5: Joaki mujoveng ende peroueromx. 566 00:35:12,120 --> 00:35:13,760 Speaker 2: Nos vemos ciao. 567 00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:19,880 Speaker 1: Senora Sex is a co production between Locata Productions and 568 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:21,680 Speaker 1: Michael Tura Podcast Network. 569 00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:26,480 Speaker 2: This show is executive produced by Mala Munos and Them. 570 00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:30,160 Speaker 1: Also executive produced by Jaselle Bances. 571 00:35:30,040 --> 00:35:32,040 Speaker 2: Produced by Stephanie Franco. 572 00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:35,160 Speaker 1: Creative direction by Mala Munios. 573 00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:36,600 Speaker 2: Story editing by Bosa Fem. 574 00:35:37,080 --> 00:35:40,120 Speaker 1: Music direction by Grisol Lomeli and. 575 00:35:40,160 --> 00:35:41,720 Speaker 2: Music produced by Brian Gazo. 576 00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:08,719 Speaker 4: He felt that he would have at a Coming at 577 00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:09,360 Speaker 4: the bot