Ariel Lavi hosts the Hollywood actress and producer-Paola Paulin, for an interview about her family, career, and goals.
Hello Paola ! How are you?
“greater up and happy to be making all my dreams come true”
What exactly do you do for a career?
“Inspire others and represent Latin people through my acting and producing, specially being an immigrant myself who came from Colombia at 19 years by myself leaving my family behind to pursue a dream”
What was the process for you to find what you wanted to do?
“I’ve known since I was eight years old when I saw a Catwoman led by Halle Berry that I knew I wanted to be an actress. I wanted to be a badass. I love the fatale, and I think through Acting is the best way to inspire young females to be empowered”
What is the most rewarding part of your job?
“When people telling me, they are inspired by me when people tell me that they see me and they feel so proud to be to be female to be immigrants”
Can you tell us about your job?
“My job is the best job in the world, because I do pretending for a living, and I always choose characters and I’m proud to play and women that fulfill my heart that are empowered and I feel so grateful to in front of the camera besides that I love producing creating combining my business background when I used to work for the Colombian government with my creativity”
What do you want your audience to know?
“First of all that, I’m extremely grateful for the love unsupported I’ve always received specially from the Latin community. I’m super grateful for the American community that have opened the doors for me to have my career here and I always want them to know that everything is possible when I’m here to show them that if you believe in yourself, you can accomplish anything you want”
What is your greatest success so far?
“My biggest success will always be making my dream come true of living in Los Angeles, and becoming an actress. I used to have the dream when I was a little girl watching movies, and although Colombia just streaming the one day, that will be my reality and today I can say it is and definitely make my family proud. I love my mommy”
Where did you grow up?
“Medellín, Colombia”
Where are you from?
“Mexico”
What are some of the challenges you faced along the way?
“I think moving to another country by yourself at 19 years old is the biggest challenge. You’re so young you’re scared technology was in its development at that time but at the same time if you have faith if you prepare yourself, if you take your job seriously and you are professional things will always develop and just have faith and trust God”
What does it take to be a successful actress ?
“Lots of discipline on your mental ,Health and body. Be ready for the opportunities I always have to work on my craft. For example, I practiced through my own stones. I’m in singing lessons, dancing lessons, the more you can prepare all the tools you can bring into a role the better”
Where do you see yourself in the next five years?
“Characters I love to play producing movies that inspired me, and hopefully with some awards but that’s just the consequence from being good and showing up for yourself every day”
What advice would you give to a young actress ?
“To be patient, that is not a race. It’s a long run and I think anybody would be absent because that’s just life and in the low you just have patience now that the way will pick back up then go down up and down, but always know that outside of Acting, you are valuable as a human”
Who is your biggest inspiration?
“I’ll say my mom she’s a doctor she’s such a boss and she also taught me the best values on the entertainment world I have always had so much respect for the rock and then my first issue with him was definitely a fantastic experience to see person how much of a great human actor and costar he is”
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Anything else your audience should know?
“I want my audience to know that they always keep me inspired to keep pushing all the messages again and the support always fulfill me so much to know that I have a purpose bigger than me and the moments I’m sad that it means my family or sometimes we could get a little crazy there always encourages me to keep going”.
Pictures Credit: Jake Isham.