Interviewing actress Keyla Wood

 

 

1-. How was your childhood? 

My childhood was what you consider normal I always enjoy my ain’t no sense in my life with my family and seems very young. I was always next to the camera of my dad a super eight and soon after I discovered I wanted to be in front of the camera at some point I thought I wanted to be an Opera Singer and that was my main desire in a way I was trying to speak some Italia, etc. then I discovered I wasn’t very good for sinking at that point either. Neither I had a music ear back then so I was been observing And I realize I love drama lol so I love all these stage that happens on the opera us so I decided I wanted to be an actress.

 

2. - From what age did you decide to be an actress and how did you know you had theskills to go on TV?

 Well, I was pretty young probably around 11-12 years old and I didn’t decide I had the skills but I was pretty much fearless and I was always in front of the camera of my dad singing and doing invitations for doing whatever just to entertain

3. - Did your parents support you in the decision you made to be an actress?

 At some point, I guess they did but not really my mother never wanted me to go in that route or being supportive. My dad was more supportive of what I remember. I have a lot of criticism at that point, but I have always very strong mindset so I decided I wanted to do it, and I went in full force to get it From being a teenager and by the time I was 17 years old I already had an agency and I was shooting national commercials in Mexico. I had already by then being fully bilingual in English and in Italian BY 15. I had been trained in gymnastics and contemporary dancing by then as well so I did all that only based on my own decision, even though my parents were pushing for probably a different type of career and then I decided to study dramatic literature at the UNAM, which is one of the most prestigious University in Latin America. I was only 16 by then but I have a full on map and plan in my mind.

 

4. - What was your first appearance on the screens? 

As I was saying was on some of the first ones were commercials national commercial for Mexico and United States. Soon after that I was working in a lot of short films and immediately my main approach with international cinema was the movie Frida where I was working as the standing for Salma Hayek, and that gave me the opportunity to know a lot about filmmaking in the most artistic ways, and in the most High-end manufacturing created by state of Art Artist

 

 5. - What was the role you liked the most? 

The perform in theater has been still Is and it will be so therapeutic for me. It gives me such a relief and energetically is just the mind and the moment of the happening just being there on stage for magical so pretty much I just love acting. I don’t have predilections for a character

 

 6.- What do you think led you to fame?

 I think the constant work every day for many years I have only one goal, which was Work. I’m trying to connect more with the world of the arts and the world of you making and the world of acting and I think eventually that led me to fantastic people and great opportunities, and probably by the time that I was kind of being seen more on TV I already had been before a lot in theater and in some films and you know probably the real life or the backstage life is way more interesting than what we see on the stage

 

7-. What types of characters you would like to interpret? 

Any kind character I don’t have a special angle about it, but for sure I don’t like to be involved with the derogatory characters. Somehow, I believe actors give energy to the creation and something that is not kind of sublime in the execution I rather pass.

 

 8-. What actresses and actors do you feel comfortable working with?

 I’ve have always enjoyed the teamwork that you have to do when you perform ACTRESS Actresss, and as well directors and all the creatives that are involved in the process. And my experience, the most renowned and awarded actors are so incredible to work with because most of them are really down to earth and open to share hoping to teach you and mentor you in a way so I always love to work within a team because you keep on learning every day, you never stop the growth.

9-. In what other genres of art would you like to participate? (Works of theater, music, among others) 

well well I started my career in theater immediately I was in TV and Film and it hasn’t stopped since then. Also, all the moments that I sure as a dancer were quite significative in open a new world for me, which is the physical performance the lifestyle of an actress if you could put it in a way it’s something that mesmerize me since the very beginning being an actor had put me in contact with some of the most incredible minds and the intellectual part of that it’s something that is a constant passion for me to understand life and humanity and the world. Definitely is one of the best adventures just to leave within that surrounded by most of the times incredible creative people called artist.

 

10.- Do you have any anecdotes that have marked you in your life and as a person?

 For sure I should have thousands or hundreds at least, but most of them could be so different one from each other but one of them from my Dad touch me and taught me about integrity. My father, who always was an incredible man once I ask him that why are you being so apologetic? And he told me when you actually made a mistake, you really regret it and for using important that people realize that you made a mistake and you didn’t mean to, it is important, no matter what that they know how important is for you that they know the truth, and the truth is that you didn’t mean it and it was a mistake and then I ask him but why are you that important and he said because you mean it and that says a lot about you. Since then, I understood, but it’s important to be clear to oneself and to others to be one piece for yourself and for others and to make sure that they know that you.

 

11.- What has been your greatest achievement?

 Living life, happily, living life, grateful, living life, the way that I live it in Los Angeles, doing my job pursuing my own goals, owning my own time being successful, not owing anything to no one, eventually, I have realized that every day that I live, it’s already winning.

 

12.- What projects will you make next and which ones do you have in mind? 

I have a very strong project to develop in Dominican Republic since some years ago it’s called Motel. We’re going through preproduction and through a lot of situations it was interrupt by Covid and since then it has been hard for some projects to kick off.

 

 

13.- Would you like to make a movie in Spain?

 It would be a dream come true I love Spain, I love a Spanish culture, which is so close to my culture Mexican, I love Spanish food, and I love Spanish. It’s something that I can’t put on words, but we Spaniards and Mexicans kind of connect in a very particular way lol. So definitely would be incredible for me since I was very young. I always dreamt in Spanish scenarios. 

14.- you like spanish cinema? 

Indeed I love Spanish cinema. It’s so brave rough real. I don’t know. It’s just really enchanting. It has so much of the culture and it’s so different to any other cinema. It has this kind of European air but at the same time is full of energy from the script to the acting to the cinematography. It has its own life for sure and its own and identity that has been carved through the years through amazing Filmmakers and stories.