Eva Longoria
She is the actress that week after week we see in the show Desperate Housewives as Gabrielle Solis. Eva Longoria was born in Texas but all her family is from Monterrey, Mexico. Proud of her ethnicity the actress told us how much she loves to read the stories of Isabel Allende, her favorite author.Q. Do you speak Spanish?
A. A little. Now I speak better French than Spanish to tell you the truth.
Q. Do you have any role model in your life?
A. Mi role models growing up were my mom, my aunt, my sisters. I would say don't look far for a role model, there are a lot of great people around you to find a role model especially in this world of celebrity craziness. I never idolize any stars. My mother was an amazing woman and that was enough for me.
Q. You want to carry the torch of being a Latin actress with a lot of pride?
A. As any ethnicity -- if you're an Asian, black or Latino actor, if you're in the spotlight, you're automatically handed that torch and expected to embrace it, which I do. I embrace the responsibility and I love it. But it is not only about me. I want to create opportunities for other minority actors that I did not have in the past. I've had an exceptional opportunity with Desperate Housewives , but this role, you know, comes along once every 20 years and I just was lucky. So I really want to be a part of the movement that starts creating the opportunity for other Latinos.
Q. You said you like to read poems but do you like any Spanish author, any book that you recommend?
A. Yes my favorite author is Isabel Allende and of course Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I love Spanish authors. From Isabel my favorite books are the House of Spirits , Eva Luna , Daughter of Fortune but I have to confess I read all her books. I love the period pieces, the time that Isabel takes you through. She gives a fantastic tone to everything whether she is talking about food or clothes or relationships. Everything she writes is so romantic and beautiful.
Q. Will you like to see your kids reading in Spanish?
A. I would. I definitely will rise up my kids being bilingual and trilingual. We want them to have the capacity to learn different languages. It is very important in the world we live today.
Q. You have a new restaurant in Los Angeles called Beso; why that name?
A. Because is a Spanish restaurant, very romantic, that is why I choose Beso as the name. It is very personal to me. I handled my recipes to the chef and I decorated the walls with Spanish poems that I like, because I love Spanish poems.
Q. What do you love about Gabrielle, your character in Desperate Housewives?
A. I love that she is fearless in everything she does. She does what she wants, when she wants it and how she wants to do it. .
Q. Do you like to plan your career?
A. Yes, I am very much an organizer and a planner and a multitasker and very detail-oriented. When it comes to my personal life, I am very spontaneous and I shoot from the hip. I am all over the place. I bought my house, the first house I saw. I didn't really look around. It was the same with my car. I am very, very spontaneous with my personal life.
Q. How close are you to the Latino actors?
A. Latin Hollywood is very small so everybody knows everybody and I think it's important for all of us to support each other.
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