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NOT EVEN NEARLY DESPERATE
As ‘Desperate Housewives’ completes its seventh season, Eva Longoria’s career goes from strength to strength. Here, the 35 year old actress and model, who recently separated from her husband Tony Parker, talks about how she dropped the pounds to go back to being super-hot, why she is a genuine domestic goddess and the real life links between her and her iconic screen character, Gabrielle Solis... Do you still enjoy working on Wisteria Lane even though you’re in to the seventh season? I love it more. I have always loved Desperate Housewives. We have such a family atmosphere on set. I couldn’t ask for better work colleagues. It’s always fun.”
“If I had to describe myself
in one word it would not be sexy because I do not identify myself superficially but I think it is flattering that the world or people or men or women find me sexy because I think it is a lot of different definitions to a lot of people.
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You have so many projects going on. You have Desperate Housewives, your restaurants, your charity work. Do you have any other projects going on? Could I possibly have any more going on? (Laughs) I launched a perfume. And I am just working. I am working and enjoying it We have Vanessa Williams on the show now so that is a lot of fun. Real fun.
What was it like going from super hot, to super frumpy to being super hot again? Wow, well - I loved being super frumpy because it means that I spend less time in hair and make-up. I had so much response when I looked like that though. I did not know the kind of response we were going to get as a show with people being angry about me being made frumpy! It was just so interesting that people just wanted glamorous Gaby. I wouldn’t mind going back to it though as it was fun. And I love my food!
How much of Gabrielle Solis do you find in yourself and what do you have in common with your character? I have way more in common with Gabrielle now than I used to because before she didn’t want kids, she was having an affair, she didn’t cook, she had all of this stuff that was the opposite of me. I am extremely domestic, I love to cook, I can’t wait to have kids. There was all of this exact opposite stuff going on but now that she has kids she is a little more compassionate and there is a little side of her that I can relate a lot more to.