Maru Valdivielso: “To succeed in a big way you have to have the noses that I have never had” | Culture | EUROtoday

Maru Valdivielso (Madrid, 59 years outdated) has been working as an actress for nearly 40 years. She has carried out theater, movie and tv and defines her profession as “peculiar.” “I have done many things, but I have never had a buoyant career. Although I feel very lucky, I have always lived from my work,” she explains whereas she drinks glowing water in the cafeteria of the Reina Sofía Museum in Madrid. A number of days in the past she premiered her newest movie at the Sitges competition, Sister loss of lifeprequel to Veronica and in addition directed by Paco Plaza, the place she performs a cloistered nun, and certainly one of the very scary ones. “They always give me roles of cold and hard women, when I am the complete opposite,” she confesses with a smile.

Ask. At the premiere in Sitges he smiled a lot, however in Sister loss of life She’s not very good…

Answer. I suppose it has to do with my options, my peak or my voice. Without Paco Plaza my profession can be way more boring. It is our eighth collaboration, we work very effectively and it offers me unthinkable characters. I all the time inform him that he cannot retire till I retire.

P. After so a few years in the career, are age and picture decisive in getting a undertaking?

R. Yes, however ambition and private occasions additionally matter. I drastically admire colleagues like Penelope [Cruz], who took the bag and went to the United States. You have to have the noses that I have never had. I’m going to flip 60 and proper now I was going to inform you that I do not look it, however what does that imply? Because there are lots of varieties of ladies of 30, 40, 50, 60…

Q. How do you cope with fame?

R. From time to time I hear: “This is from TV.” But the fantastic factor is when folks acknowledge you as a result of they have seen you in the theater. They do not doubt who you are. It comforts me, as a result of getting on stage is certainly one of the most necessary issues in this career. It saves us actresses a lot of pores and skin, as a result of there are good characters the place you can shine. The theater has all the time given me the “here I am.”

P. Any recommendation for these beginning out?

R. Trying to all the time be on high is exhausting, and it is not doable. At round 40 years outdated, I did not work for a yr and 4 months and I had a horrible time. Over time I have realized that there isn’t any good profession. You have to have shallowness and a sure detachment from the job. My profession is necessary, however not my precedence.

P. Years in the past she reported harassment throughout a filming. “At that moment I wanted to get it off my back, it was the only thing I was worried about,” she stated.

R. That quote in quotes refers to what I skilled with the creator of a e-book that was made into a film in which I participated. He determined that he had to approve the protagonist, regardless that that they had already chosen me. He summoned me to his home. He was sitting on the mattress and speaking to me, however implying that I had to sleep with him. When I not knew how to say no, I instructed him that I had to go as a result of my father compelled me to be residence at 10. Suddenly he understood and instructed me: “Don’t worry, we’ll see each other another day,” like this. that I left in a dignified method. He thought: if I push him or if I scream, will I not make the movie? I was beginning my profession and I did not understand how to behave. I did not sleep with him, however I may have. It would possibly have been simpler, I do not know. What I’m saying is horrible.

I drastically admire colleagues like Penelope [Cruz]who took the bag and went to the United States. You have to have the noses that I have never had.”

P. Before changing into an actress, she was going to be a lawyer

R. I studied Law as a result of I wished to dedicate myself to politics. My father was a socialist, leftist, I had a fantastic relationship with him. I began finding out when I shot my first movie, however I never completed as a result of he began to do effectively for me. This career discovered me immediately.

P. His socialist father. And you?

R. I have been requested this a number of occasions, however when earlier than you stated who you have been voting for, the reply was not taken as an affront. Now I really feel so