September 08, 2004
LO HARE POR TI
PAULINA RUBIO
Who is she: Mexican superstar singer
Who likes her: Latins, drag queens, gay men
Born June 17 1971, Mexico City
Height: 5'4
Nickname: La Chica Dorada (The Golden Girl)
Boyfriend: Ricardo Bofill, son of famous architect of same name, ex-husband of Chabeli Iglesias (Enrique's sister)
Can't stand: Thalia
Parents: Mexican actress Susana Dosamantes ("Rio Lobo" with John Wayne) & Spaniard Enrique Rubio.
Speaks Spanish, English, French, & Italian. Practices yoga & tai chi. Enrolled in Televisa arts academy at age 8. Joined Timbiriche (aka the Mexican Menudo) at age 11, made over a dozen albums. Group later added arch-enemy Thalia which ended in onstage catfight. First solo effort, La Chica Dorada, went platinum.
Starred in dreadful soap operas Baila Conmigo & Pobre Nina Rica. 2001 CD Paulina sold 2.5 million copies & named Billboard's Latin Album of the Year. First English CD, Border Girl, debuted at #11 on Billboard. 2004 CD Paulatina spawned hit Te Quisa Tanto, #1 on Billboard Latin for 8 weeks. Has homes in Barcelona, Mexico City, Acapulco, LA, & Miami. Owns French restaurant L'entrecote de Paris in South Beach. Excerpts from her interviews:
On cross-cultural music: "Music is like love - you can give a kiss in Spanish, French, or English, but it's still a kiss."
On crossover artists: "Carlos Santana & Gloria Estefan & Julio Iglesiasd the doors for all of us."
On sex-kitten image: "I'm a good-looking girl, but when you get down to it, what I do is music."
On infamous onstage catfight with Thalia: "She was 13; I was 12. I was trying to get the microphone, and she didn’t want to let me have it, so we started fighting. We were rolling all around on the floor. The audience didn’t know it was a real fight. I was little, but I was fast, and I won. I really wanted that microphone."
On comparisions to Madonna: "They can visualize me any way they want. I really don't care."
On performing: "My brother & father are both lawyers, & my mom is an actress, so you get the picture. It runs in the family."
On guilty pleasures: "The Mexican food they have in America isn't really authentic, but I actually love Taco Bell."
On Shakira: "Our boyfriends are very, very good friends, so we go out in Miami and do very simple things. We go to the beach and have fun, and when we're sharing the stage in some awards ceremony or something, we talk about cell phones, batteries, diets, love, movies. We just chill down."
On role models: "Wonder Woman was my favorite hero. I loved everything about her. My fantasy is that I possess special powers and use them to win men, but I still stay sweet, intelligent, and polite."
On ambition: "I want to conquer the universe."
On intellectuals. "I love philosophy a lot. I love to have a roundtable with my friends and just to talk about philosophers like Kafka, Nietzsche, Descartes, Socrates, Plato, Marx and Freud."
On confidence: I divide people into two groups: those who criticize me and those who love me. I don’t live for other people. My mom showed me that it’s better to live in your projects and not listen to other people."
On gender wars: "I'm a strong woman and sometimes if you're a strong man, when you love so much you start feeling fear. I don't know why. Maybe it's because you're not a girl."
On Miami: "I love it because it's sort of the capital of Latinos. It doesn't matter whether you're from Spain, or Mexico, it's simply a place where it seems like we are uniting more everyday."
On L.A.: "Los Angeles is very much a first world interpretation of Mexico. My parents have had a house there since 1980 and I love LA!"
On homosexuals: "I'm always around gay people. In fact, some of my closest friends are gay. In many ways, they enrich me with ideas and creativity."
Marc Anthony on Paulina: "She is a free spirit and so much fun."
On the Zen of performing: "It's like what I've learned from Deepak Chopra. He says that the law of energy, or karma, is both an action and a consequence."
On telenovelas: "I don’t like them anymore! I don’t watch them. I can’t even tolerate people around me watching them."
Leila Cobo, Billboard Latin American bureau chief on Paulina: "She's not a great singer, but she does take over the stage well."
Mom Susana Dosamantes on Paulina: "She's like an atomic battery."
Director Alfonso Cuaron (Y tu Mama Tambien) on Paulina: "She reminds me a lot of Salma Hayek. They are both fearless; they are both complete beautiful souls and a little nuts."
Posted by Jeff at September 8, 2004 01:25 AM
Comments
Thanks for that excellent interview of Paulina Rubio.
She Rocks
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Posted by: military wife at August 26, 2005 06:59 AM
Paulina has evolved so much throughout the years. She deserves the success she has and has allowed us all to be part of it. She is hot, super hot, and equally talented. If you are looking for a spanish-speaking superstar...look no further, Paulina Rubio is your girl!
Posted by: Marco at September 7, 2005 05:38 PM
Wow nice interview...I love it...Thanks for the interview...Now I learned more about her.
Pau Rocks!Pau Rules!She is a Diva.
Posted by: Osman at September 7, 2005 06:15 PM
i just in love with paulina she is the best i change from madonna to paulina but i still like madonna paulina you rulesss
Posted by: octavio at November 11, 2005 06:42 AM
Okay, what is the deal? First, there’s Shakira discussing her recent album covers within the contexts of Freudian and Jungian theories of society, and now I discover that Latin superstar Paulino Rubio (a friend of Shakira, no less) is a philosophy buff.
What the hell’s going on?
Posted by: Logical Meme at November 15, 2005 09:30 PM
paulina o my god ur my rolemodel. i want to be just like u. everytime u r videos or songs come out i start screaming. i wish to meetu someday. te quieremos pau. ana
Posted by: anna at December 6, 2005 10:27 AM
PAULINA EMPEZE A ADMIRARTE HACE 13 MESES ATRAS Y ME ALEGRA EN EL ALMA VER LO Q' HAS LOGRADO. YO PERSONALMENTE AMO A MADONNA PIENSO Q' SERA SIEMPRE LA MEJOR AM PESAR DE SUS PASADOS ERRORES Y TU AL IGUAL Q' SHAKIRA ERES UNA DE MIS FAVORITAS... CONTINUA ASI DE SENSUAL
Posted by: IEDA at December 19, 2005 04:38 PM
i think paulina rubio is a facenating person and i think she is ashe is a la chica dorada (a golden girl) who is going to have a child bye
Posted by: cristina at December 27, 2005 02:48 PM
paulina is a pretty girl and she has a great carrer when i grow up i wont to be just like paulina and thalia i am their biggest fan i just wont to be just like them, see ya later love florida girl
Posted by: cristina ramirez at December 27, 2005 02:53 PM