Carla Gugino
Carla Gugino
Carla Guginois an American actress. She is known for her roles as Ingrid Cortez in the Spy Kids trilogy, Sally Jupiter in Watchmen, Dr. Vera Gorski in Sucker Punch, and as the lead characters of the television series Karen Sisco and Threshold. Her feature film work includes starring roles in Son in Law, Sin City, Night at the Museum, Mr. Popper's Penguinsand San Andreas, as well as Kelor in the DC Extended Universe. Gugino has had lead roles in the...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth29 August 1971
CitySarasota, FL
CountryUnited States of America
By the time I'm 80, I want to have played almost every role, ... For me, I always gravitate toward the opposite of what I've done. ... That comes from the inner desire to do more.
By the time I'm 80, I want to have played almost every role,
I really love pouring myself into a character for several months and leaving her, ... Pouring myself into someone for a long time is very intimidating to me,
It's interesting how when you walk into a room in LA there's a sense of what you walk in, as is sort of what you can do. So I spent a lot of time choosing different things to hopefully show people that maybe that's not the case.
I do think that's one of the reasons that acting appealed to me so much: the idea of letting go of control in a controlled environment. Being able to go through the range of intense emotions and jump off the cliff, metaphorically, but in a creative way, and in a way where the structure was really solid.
I think maybe because I moved a lot in my childhood, I'm a little bit of a gypsy by nature.
I think that once somebody sees something, or feels it in the consciousness of society, it starts to allow change for other people.
I feel that's the richest gift that's ever been given to me: I get to do what I love. And it's a really brutal business, and no matter how successful you are you hear "No" more than "Yes."
There is something in these moments of crisis that is really extraordinary about humanity and human beings' resilience and the way in which everyone naturally comes together. I think you see the best in people in those moments for better or for worse and you find your best self.
I always think a good sports movie is emblematic in the same way that a great Greek tragedy really has a certain kind of structure, or a Shakespearean play if you're looking at a comedy or a tragedy, is that these are the heights and depths of human emotion.
I always wanted to be one of those people who were good at many, many things, but from a very early age, I fell in love with acting.
The interesting thing with acting, actually, is that you get to be so many different people that you get to do so much research on so many different things that I've learned so much about brain surgery and about astrophysicist-type of things and traveling to amazing parts of the world.
I started acting when I was 13, so acting has been, with great fortune, my job since I could get a job.
I find often in Hollywood there are many people who play themselves really beautifully. And certain parts are not that dissimilar from who you are as a person. And there are other parts where you would like to think that you have nothing in common with those characters, but you probably do have more than you think.