CABARET VILLE MAGAZINE. P157. CONT'D FROM P156

Tête-à-tête with Gloria Loring
 

 

 

 

 

 

Q: Your most miserable or  unpleasant experience on stage, with producers, singers, peers?
Gloria: Not worth our time...
Q: Did you write your "masterpiece" or not yet?
Gloria: Song of My Father...
Q: Any advice to all those aspiring artists who need a break?
Gloria: Believe in yourself and work very hard to be whole, embracing the dark and the light.
Q: What they should do when they are rejected?
Gloria: Go on, until it's no longer worth it.
Q: Is this what you did?
Gloria: Yes. It's still worth it...
Q: What are the 3 most important qualities in a writer and a composer?
Gloria: ability, compassion, and intuition
Q: Do you have those qualities?
Gloria: Yes.
Q: Do you get mad sometimes?
Gloria: Yes.
Q: What makes you mad?
Gloria: Ignorance...
Q: And do you make people mad at You?
Gloria: Yes, I sometimes push too strongly to be heard.
Q: What was the best role you have ever played?
Gloria: Me.
Q: And the worst role you accepted to play?
Gloria: There hasn't been one.
 Q: Do you live your life on stage or do you live your theater character in real life?
Gloria: I live my life on and off stage, doing what is required in the present moment.
Q: Why showbiz  is so important to you? Is it the money? Fame? Prestige? Self-satisfaction? Way of life? Passion? Mission? Fun?
Gloria: The creativity, the independence of being my own boss much of the time, the way of life, the interaction with people.
Q: Do you notice any silliness or vanity  in the way nowadays young superstars parade on the RED CARPET?
Gloria: Nothing new under the sun. We've all paraded...
Q: If you had to relive your life, what kind of life you wish to create, remember or forget about?
Gloria: I don't think like that. This life has been the one I've needed to live.
 

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