It’s one o’clock in the afternoon and Eva Jacqueline Longoria Bastón, better known as Eva Longoriasits very straight, behind her semi-transparent framed glasses. She now wears a black jacket and her hair is loose around her shoulders. In the background, very soft music is playing. Extraordinary and close, model on a global level and present in each statement, he answers quickly, almost before the end of the question. He does this in English, although Spanish is sometimes used as a softener.
In fact, it is spoken in both languages: in English as a construct of empowerment and in Spanish as a place of expression. “Always, because there are words that I don’t know how to say in English and others that I can’t say in Spanish, so I’m constantly switching from one to the other. When it comes to my political activism or when I need to be very precise, I express myself better in English for me, but I love speaking in Spanish. I like. Some words and expressions, sayings, cannot be pronounced in English, because they do not mean the same thing,” he says, smiling.
Eva Longoria (Texas, 1975) became famous for her role as Gabrielle Solís in desperate womena TV bomb that lasted almost a decade, in which she played a charismatic ex-model and for which she was nominated for almost every industry award. Of Asturian and Mexican originis the youngest of four sisters in a destitute American family, as the general public learned from the Oprah Winfrey show. She invented a career for herself, first as a model and theater actress, until she managed to excel in the audiovisual field with overwhelming naturalness, becoming an interpretive icon, but also communicative and social in titles emblematic such as People either Hollywood journalist.
Eva Longoria rose to world fame with “Desperate Housewives.”
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social icon
The conversation begins with the importance of words and the multiple implications of language. “How you talk to yourself is important,” says Longoria. “What you say to yourself matters. Women must remember to be kind to themselves themselves when they look at themselves in the mirror, he said. “It’s important to tell yourself how amazing and beautiful you are and how proud you are of it.”
In fact, it’s not surprising to see her later in a spectacular white dress, nor addressing a huge audience, like at the MTV Awards or recently at the Democratic political convention. How to reach a very large audience, how to motivate yourself to reach the world? How to achieve this indescribable self-confidence? “Don’t think so. I’m always nervous. But ultimately, I wouldn’t be able to speak to a large audience with confidence if I wasn’t really convinced of what I say. “I couldn’t be sure, it’s essential for me to believe in what I say,” she says.
A disciplined athlete, she starts each day very early. Train every day. She doesn’t have a formula, but she does have a routine, which begins with her dedication to motherhood. “It’s never quite the same in this business, every day is different, but my routine is generally the same. I always work out, I always eat well, I always try to be on time, I always wake up with my son and go to bed at the same time. Some things are the same, but every day is different,” he says.
What is the biggest cliché you have had to face in your career?
That if you’re pretty you have nothing to say, or that if you’re just an actress or an actor you’re not intelligent. You have to go through this idea because a person can be several things at the same time: you can be complex and intelligent, sexy and confident, all that.
“I always train, I always eat well“I always try to be on time and I always wake up with my son.”
Leadership has changed today. What do you think is the most difficult thing about being a leader today?
It’s hard to speak out these days, with cancel culture. Sometimes people are more concerned about discussing certain topics because of a possible reaction or response and what others might say.
What do you think is the key to your personal management? He carries out many activities at the same time, he acts, he directs, he manages his personal affairs, he does his work as an activist…
Firstly, I have a very good team, and I am efficient, I don’t like to waste time. A well-organized day has 14 hours. I believe that by striving for balance, you can accomplish more than you think in a day.
The actress, at the L’Oréal Paris fashion show at French Fashion Week.
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A race with effort
Longoria has made documentaries about child labor in the United States [The Harvest] and is a leader of organizations such as Parents Against Cancer. When asked which women have inspired her the most in her career, she answers: “Many directors like Patty Jenkins or Patricia Cardosaamong others. I love their work and what they have accomplished through their efforts as directors. And I also try to follow in his footsteps.
About the mistakes and challenges in her career, as well as the difficult moments, she explains that they have always led her to progress. “You only learn from mistakes and errors.by experience. Sometimes people say to me “I want to be a director” or “an actress”, and I always answer: “you only learn by doing”. Because when you do things, you’re going to make mistakes and mistakes, and that means learning and making the same mistake again. An important lesson is to keep going and remember something: mistakes are the best part of the journey.
In your opinion, what is the acting role that brought you the most? I’m not talking about the best known (probably “Desperate Housewives”) or the most filmically perfect (perhaps in the western “Frontera”).
Let me think. As an actress, it was interesting to participate in Dora and the Lost City of Gold and I played the protagonist’s mother. It was the first time I played a mother being a mother, which was very different, a different way of approaching this character because my son was 8 weeks old.
“We only learn from our mistakes: remember that mistakes They are the best part of the trip”
You are also an example of commitment to the Latin community. How can we develop it through campaigns like that of L’Oréal Paris?
My culture is who I am. I am Latina. Latin beauty is very different from that of other communities. I love my culture and I celebrate it every day. This is automatically felt in everything I do, whether with L’Oréal Paris or through my work as a director or my activism. It will always be a fundamental factor in my life.
Finally, what lesson would you pass on to young women today?
The same idea, the learn by doing (learn by doing). I always recommend that young women live and experience as much as possible. Many people ask themselves, “What do I want to be when I grow up?” » You don’t have to decide when you’re very young. You have to live. Go, live and do different things, think about what you like and try it. First, find what you’re really good at, not what you think you love, and do it. Then maybe you will find your passion.
