Exclusive Interview
Roberto Escobar
By Victor A. Padilla
Latin Times: Roberto, please tell us about your family and
where you come from?
Roberto Escobar: I was originally born in Cuba, then we
left Cuba when I was three years old, we came to Florida
but my Father due to the language barrier it was easier to
move to Puerto Rico until I was fourteen years old. Then
we came back to Miami.
Latin Times: Tell us about the new Telemundo TV series
“Silvana Sin Lana” your acting in?
Roberto Escobar: “Silvana Sin Lana” Is Telemundo’s number one comedy show right now, very fresh, funny, and has
something for everyone, all ages. I play Antonio José Villaseñor which is a rich man who made some bad deals and
he winds up selling everything, his house, all the property
without telling the family. The Family goes from well off to
learning how to make ends meet and when he returns they
aren’t very happy with him. Very Interesting, comes on 8
eastern time, 7 central time Telemundo.
Latin Times: You have done over 40 films and shows in
your career, tell us about an experience you had in one of
your films that stick in your memory, Funny, etc.,
Roberto Escobar: There is so many, every show has one, it
can be when you do comedy or even in Serious films. A lot
of the places I have been shooting a film, I remember we
were filming a film in the desierto in Columbia, way over
hundred degrees and I had La Ultimo Coca-Cola de desierto and believe me I had the last one. I hid it and learned
from that experience that if you have it, drink it. It’s been a
very nice career for me and will keep on till I’m a hundred.
“Ask yourself, why are you doing this? Do
you want to do it for the fame or tell stories
and create characters? Fame isn’t everything, if it is to tell stories and create characters then fame will come, the opportunities
will come, but you have to study. You will
be learning all the time. Acting is easy, but
becoming the character, involved in the role,
study every aspect of acting and filming,
and listening in what others tell you. Never
stop Studying, I never had anybody to take
me under their wings, so I made mistakes
and learned from them. Then I went to acting school and learned under a great teacher Teresa Maria Rojas who inspired many
writers and actors.”
Latin Times: Are there any new projects you are involved
in currently?
Roberto Escobar: I just got done filming “Perseguida” In
Columbia. I play a Psychiatrist that is treating a patient
that thinks they are being followed constantly, an action
thriller that is turning out quite well. Previously I was f