When Pena was filming “Lone Star,” the 1996 John Sayles film set on the Texas-Mexican border, she worked hard to portray her schoolteacher character properly. In the United States, all Spanish-speaking people are lumped into one category, Pena said in a 1996 interview with the Dallas Morning News. But were all so different. Argentinians are completely different from Mexicans. Mexicans are completely different from Cubans. Cubans are completely different from people from Paraguay and Uruguay. She spent time on both sides of the border absorbing the atmosphere. I recorded peoples voices to get the proper inflection, she said. I crossed the border a whole bunch to collect a lot of history. I would sit for hours looking at the women, how they dressed. I talked to people. I hung out. I shopped at the stores to see what kind of clothing was there and what food was eaten. latimes/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-elizabeth-pena-dies-20141015-story.html
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