Carmen Ruiz, actress: “I am transparent for better and worse” | Culture | EUROtoday

She arrives on the piano bar of the resort the place we’re assembly, abandoned at one within the afternoon, and, upon seeing her, there may be that feeling of understanding somebody your entire life, regardless that you’ve by no means exchanged a phrase, which sure particularly common celebrities provoke. Despite his black garments, his black hair and his very black eyes, or maybe exactly due to all of this, his complexion glows, as if illuminated from inside. Polite and a bit of shy at first, we recommend she take the images first to talk calmly afterwards and, in entrance of the digicam, she appears to develop two inches taller, holding her gaze in a really close-up inside the attain of only a few faces and self-possession. The piano and a prime hat as a prop appear to be crying out to take part within the graphic feast and Ruiz not solely would not object to the suggestion, however makes it his personal to the delight of the photographer. It’s good to see her act regardless that nobody has shouted “action.” He has loads of work.

What a poise in entrance of the digicam. Tables or improvisation?

Well, it is elementary to my job. It is essential to know your self and know the boundaries, or non-limits, that you’ve as an expert. I’ve studied loads, loads, about my physique and motion. You should be in form. I do a number of sports activities: fencing, martial arts, and I dance loads: at residence, and my dance Wednesdays music corridor With different fellow actresses like Ana Wagener and Belén Rueda, nobody can take them away from me. You should all the time be together with your physique alert for what it could ask of you on stage.

I used to be referring extra to the management of his gesture and his face.

Well, I’ve a number of expressiveness. I’ve very massive eyes, a peculiar nostril, cheekbones like Antequera muffins, spherical options. My face generates a number of empathy within the public, one thing that may be very lovely, however that typically goes towards me, as a result of I wish to be given unhealthy, or darkish, roles, however there are those that, with this face, do not see me for that. And I feel it is a mistake, as a result of the sport is that somebody who is seemingly good can then be unhealthy, unhealthy, unhealthy. But what I used to be telling you: behind that poise there may be a number of self-knowledge. Furthermore, the physique modifications, and it’s important to adapt.

As?

Expressiveness can also be educated. I’ve a number of coaching behind me. My physique is ready for no matter involves me, that has nothing to do with being kind of robust or skinny, but it surely has nothing to do with being match. And that, in The extraordinary lifethe perform that I premiere, is key. We joke with Malena Alterio that it is just like the Olympics. You go from laughing to crying in seconds: there are very speedy and really demanding modifications in temper and physique. And that requires being alert.

The factor is that I’ve carried out a number of TV earlier than the platforms, and after they see you in a collection like I’m Beawhich lasted and was seen a lot, they know you for all times”

It’s weird talking to someone you think you know. Do you think the public gets an idea of ​​you?

Well, I’ve done a lot of TV before the platforms, and when they see you in a series like I am Beawhich lasted and was seen so much, they know you for life. I think I can see almost everything. I am very transparent for better and worse. I tend to be cheerful, but I also get angry, like everyone else, and I have a very bad temper when I have to. But I don’t have a negative fold. I am what you see.

Have you always lived from this?

Yes, I started studying theater at age 24, when others had already been there for years; I thought she was older and was a child. But it is a very good age, because I was no longer a teenager and I was clear that I wanted to go there. From the beginning I created a theater company with other colleagues and, thanks to that, I have been able to make a living from this.

In other words, she is a worker at her job.

Completely; Furthermore, I feel very grateful for the moment I am in, because I have spent a lot of time hanging and taking down light bulbs, loading and unloading the van. I come from there, from alternative theater. So, to now be premiering this play, with these wonderful colleagues, in a great theater, I can’t quite believe it. You told me 25 years ago that I was going to make a living as an actress and I told you: “Come on, man.”

Do you notice the respect of the public?

Yes. It’s been many years now. The nicest thing they can tell me is that they have seen me in a play and they remember me. I am very excited, because theater is less massive than TV or cinema, you have to go actively, and it is more ephemeral. That people remember you is wonderful. Above all, when they tell you that you gave them a good time, forget about their problems for a moment. That’s the best thing about this job.

In 25 years, have you had a vocation crisis or desert journeys?

Clear. There are times when you have a lot of work, and other times, nothing. And many times it does not depend on your talent and your worth, but on many things that you do not control. Artists and actresses are sensitive material, you play with your body, with your voice, with your emotions, so, even if you are someone with your feet on the ground, it affects you and can make you fragile. But I have never doubted my vocation.

Does criticism affect you?

I don’t read them. I don’t like them, neither the good nor the bad, I prefer not to read them. I learned it from a great actress, a great lady, Teresa Lozano, with whom I worked on the series Women. If they are good, you trust, and if they are bad, you break down. So, I prefer to stay with the process, with what you wear with each job. What you learn and the people you work with, who you admire and respect. The true triumph is not to stop working or learning by working.

I suspect he doesn’t particularly like red carpets.

I go to what I have to go. It’s the part of my job that I handle the worst. It’s a lot of exposure, being in a very vulnerable place, like in the eye of the hurricane. Everyone thinks about you: your body, your face, and sometimes the work you present is the least important. That, I’m not just saying this for myself, seems unfair to me. The physical demand, the comparisons about age and beauty seem unfair to me. When you’re young, because you’re young. When you are older, for older. I find it very stressful. So, I go to what is essential and I am very hardworking in that too: I trust professionals who are also my friends. It’s almost a job within my job.

The extraordinary life It’s about the story of two friends. What is your definition of friendship?

Someone with whom you can spend hours without having to talk, with whom there are no awkward silences, and whom you may not have seen in months and it is as if you had seen him yesterday. I am a millionaire in friendships. For me it is super important, the family you choose, my network for when I am good and when I am bad. I am very dedicated, very careful of relationships, and I am lucky that my friends also do the same with me.

“When I’ve to play a personality, I instinctively search for what I feel are their traits in folks on the road.”

What or who do you draw inspiration from to compose your characters?

Well, I observe a lot of everyone everywhere. When I have to play a character, I instinctively look for what I think are their traits in people on the street.

And for your character in this role, who were you looking for?

Uf, This role is the hardest thing I have ever done in my life. You go through everything and talk about everything that matters: about life, about the loss of loved ones, about love, about friendship, about the end of the world, about literature. When I read the script I said: “But how is this done?” Then maybe people don’t like it, but no matter how this play works, I know that I am a better actress after having done it.

The actresses of her generation are many and very good. Beyond solidarity, is there competition between you?

What’s up, I say: what luck. I’m not competitive at all. My ego is very well placed and it is very tiring, terrifying, to compare myself. Comparisons are hateful in everything, so comparing myself, or putting labels and judging doesn’t suit me. I live calmer and happier, and I learn more about myself when I admire and don’t envy. Envy is the admiration of the mean. And I am not: I am a normal person, I live my life, I really like my daily life, my people, my family, my friends and me. Of course I think about how I would like to make this or that film, or to be nominated for the Goya, but never from envy or stoning.

I have learned to forgive myself very quickly. We are not perfect, that’s okay.”

Have you ever stoned your self?

I’ve realized to forgive myself in a short time. We should not good, that is okay. All my life I’ve been very demanding of myself, all the time having to show issues. Perhaps due to insecurities as a baby, plainly it’s important to present that you’re very sensible, very humorous, that loads about issues. And not. It’s okay now.

At what second did you obtain this self-control?

Well, I do not know if I’ve conquered it. I’m nonetheless at it. Life is a studying expertise, I feel I will likely be 80 years outdated and I’ll nonetheless have insecurities.

And will she proceed to be an actress? Someone should play the outdated girls of tomorrow.

Of course, if we do not do it, who’s going to do it? I prefer to maintain myself and I take excellent care of myself. But this face, for higher and for worse, is what feeds me. So, I’m very afraid of touching it and dropping that expressiveness with which I earn my residing. It’s my work weapon. And, in that sense, this characteristic is a dream. You should make folks snicker and cry. It has such an attractive textual content… It says issues that contact you, whether or not you might be in a single important second or one other. Look, I nonetheless get excited.

And what second are you at?

I’m in a really explicit second. A great second, but additionally very delicate. We all have losses, all of us fall in love, we’ve all had a primary kiss, all of us have folks we’d give our lives for. It is the regulation of life, sure, however the regulation of life could be very painful. Anyone who doesn’t establish with one factor will establish with one other. The first: myself. That’s the great thing about our job, reaching the general public, getting them excited, shifting them. I hope it occurs.