juliadorable:

“For us to showcase this character, who is a core member of the ensemble, who is not going anywhere, who is happy, who has friends, a chosen family that she loves and who is successful in her life, is something I never saw growing up on television. I never thought a happy ending could be for me. And now I’m playing someone who is out, who is bi and who is going to succeed.”Stephanie Beatriz accepts the GLAAD Media Awards for Brooklyn Nine-Nine

onehellofascene:

Stephanie Beatriz thought she wouldn’t be cast in Brooklyn Nine-Nine
I was so happy to see a Latina [Melissa Fumero] on the show, but also so devastated because I knew… I knew there was not going to be any network that was going to cast both of us as ensemble leads on a show. So I cried a lot. And I was devastated. I showed a couple of friends at the time and I was like, *imitates crying* “I’m really happy for her but I really wanted that show.” Then it was like two days later that I got the call [that I was cast], and I was gobsmacked. I was like, “the world is fucking changing.” And it’s such a testament to the show that they cast both of us. And not only us, but also Terry Crews and Andre Braugher [two black men] in positions of power.

smolperalta:

When you first started in [Brooklyn Nine-Nine], one of our friends was like, “Oh. The gay ladies have it so hot for Rosa. Like, she’s kind of a gay icon.
– Yeah, somebody said that and I was like, so flattered! I was like, “Oh my god, really?”

onehellofascene:

Stephanie Beatriz thought she wouldn’t be cast in Brooklyn Nine-Nine
I was so happy to see a Latina [Melissa Fumero] on the show, but also so devastated, because I knew… I knew there was not going to be any network that was going to cast both of us as ensemble leads on a show. So I cried a lot. And I was devastated. I showed a couple of friends at the time and I was like *imitates crying*, “I’m really happy for her but I really wanted that show.” Then it was like two days later that I got the call [that I was cast], and I was gobsmacked. I was like, “the world is fucking changing.” And it’s such a testament to the show that they cast both of us. And not only us, but also Terry Crews and Andre Braugher [two black men] in positions of power.