Until the day my dear friend Jô Soares told me I should learn French before learning Italian. “Italian comes easier later...!”. Mr Jô said, who am I not to listen?? So I came, here I am, it's gonna be useful for the production of the “Little Prince” and, can I say some more?? On my first week here I went out to meet a friend and her family at a restaurant and guess who was there?? Who?? He himself, Jô... I thanked him and gave him a good hug-kiss...

How did you have the idea of producing “The Little Prince”? Do you think it will be your most complex role to date?

I had the idea because I always loved this story and I think it applies to the present day... When I was releasing the play Alice in Wonderland, I already started thinking about the next play and, immediately, “The Little Prince” came to my mind... Like, I already knew what I wanted to play after that... The present role is always the most demanding one and, of course, there are some that are less difficult, but definitely it's not the case of “The Little Prince”.

Your last play brought you closer to the children, who are very spontaneous and sincere. Did any unforgettable event happened during the season of “Alice in Wonderland”?

Well, there were lots of interesting events, children are creative, you know!!! Well, there was this boy (Gabriel) who came and told me, whispering like telling a secret, that he had seen my tattoo. There was Juju, my god-daughter, who I met at the door of the theater, and now is part of my family... And inumerous touching events also happened at the social projects...

In your plays you are always working with talented artists, most of them unknown of the public. How do you usually choose your actors?

I choose not only my actors but also my entire technical crew, always with this in mind: I trust their talent, I wanna spend some time with them, I’m sure of their support. If that's the case, they’re in... They must be good, nice and friendly... that’s it.

In your last interview for this site, you said 60% of the public at your plays was there because you’re famous and only 40% was there because they admire your work. Time has passed and, after the awards you've won, do you still believe in these numbers?

Being optimistic and sincere, I think today it’s 50/50. And that’s not bad at all...

By the time you were living in NY, you had the website LuanaNY, besides your personal website. There, you used to write daily about your experiences in the Big Apple, besides promoting online chats with guests, broadcasted live to a participating audience. Do you plan to do something similar now that you’re living in Paris? Is there any project in this area?

There’s a great project of making a site from Paris, together with UOL and the same team I worked with in LuanaNY. But this time with lots of vídeos, besides the text. I’m looking forward to it!

In the photo book about the play A.M.I.G.A.S., Cristina Pereira, the director of the play, declares she learned a lot from you about being objective. She said she was impressed with the fact that you were so certain and resolute at the age of 20 something, while she was 50 something and still full of uncertainties. Are you this full of certainty?

I think that we are only really certain about death. I’ve learned, and keep on learning with life, that it’s much better to be WILLFUL than CERTAIN.

You seem to be a person in search of professional growth, not only today but anticipating your future. Is this one of the reasons you don’t want to act in soap operas exclusively? Or is it just a great passion for the theater?

Actually it’s a mix of reasons. What I most enjoy doing is theater, which for a coincidence is one of the most difficult means to produce and be convincing, in a way... So, I guess I’m lucky.

Carlos Drummond de Andrade once said about Vinícius de Moraes: “Vinicius is the only brazilian poet who dared to live under the sign of passion”. You seem to put intensity in everything you propose to do. You transmit the joy of being completely in love with the projects you’re engaged. Do you think you are part of the same “group” as your favourite poet, Vinicius de Moraes?

You got it. Yes, I am moved by passion, in all senses, in my work and in my relationships. It’s good to be intense, but it’s a hard work. Everything becomes a big deal, that’s why it’s good to be sorrounded by reliable and lovely people, someone to stand by. The best thing is seeing people around you turn your passion into their own. All the people working in my projects end up falling in love with them too. This way is better, everybody takes good care of everything.

You started out as a model, then you hosted some TV shows and now you act and produce. Have you ever thought about or felt like directing?

I’ve never felt like directing... I think my actress portion is more proeminent, it is I who need some direction. I do love creating a project, which for me is like having a global view of it but, directing is not my thing.

For the movie “The marriage of Romeo and Juliet” you took football lessons with ex-player Cláudio Adão. How was the preparation process for this character? Do you believe this process was the most demanding for you, so far?

The preparation process was very good, intense but pleasurable. Cláudio Adão is a master and the 3 months we spent together were great... I had to work hard but training in Rio de Janeiro with Cláudio, I couldn’t ask for more...

At the age of 28 you’ve got a solid career. You’re a grown woman now, totally independent, beautiful, gifted, respected and always in search of knowledge, always wanting to learn. You probably feel very proud and fulfilled about everything you’ve already experienced. What are the dreams you still want to accomplish?

Yes, it is very good to look back and realize I’ve got a well written story, with mistakes and hits, but no blanks... I’m very satisfied with my life. I think I’ve been consolidating my name with a great help from my experience in the theater. I surely want more. I still want to make children’s plays engaged with social care projects, I want to take my plays throughout Brazil, I want to increase the list of films I’ve made and I still want to feel the care of my fans... When I get older, it will be funny and very fulfilling to look at my shelf packed with DVDs of my children’s plays, to remember that I have to go to the theater to watch some rehearsal, to pose for some magazine’s cover and gain such a symbolic wage for the editor, but such significant money for those who don’t have what to eat... That’s it, as Paulo Lima would say... Someone’s got to shoot me dead because, with the life I have, it will be difficult to see me go...