Flying, reading minds, and moving things with their eyes are superpowers that many people desire. But for the actress Sully Diazbeing humble is much more important.
“Humility, you have to work on that every day. What else would I want to have this super power. I work in such a way that the fumes never rise to keep my feet on the ground,” Díaz admitted.
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In keeping with the quest for that quality, he always has a book in his hand.
“I love spiritual books, anything that can bring me closer to God. I always like to have a book in my hands,” he shared, who singles out James Redfield’s The Celestine Prophecy as one of his favorite writings. “There are so many books I love, I always read. I’m an avid reader.”
He added that as a person who does stand-up comedy, he needs to read and study constantly.
“I’ve been an actress since I was 17 and that’s normal for me. Stand-up comedy is a completely separate art form. It’s not exactly acting. There is no fourth wall in stand-up comedy. The more removed you are from the public eye, the less your stuff will work. I see standing as someone who’s naked and people smell when you’re not real,” he said.
Also a chef and singer, he got his start in 1997 in ‘Stand Up’ with the Los Angeles group The Hot and Spicy Mamitas of Comedy. He never imagined himself as a comedian, but he took a few courses in the genre and he liked it. Since then he has performed in cities such as Denver, New York and Puerto Rico.
“I spent those three months ‘getting up’ three or four times a week. But I’m having fun with it. I suffer because it’s like the fun of masochism.” He also says, “I’m better in English because it was in the language I conceived it in, and actually this is an Anglo-Saxon art form.”
For now, Díaz is concentrating on her preparation as Doña Gabriela, who will direct the world premiere of the musical adaptation of the classic. The streeton March 18th at the Santurce Fine Arts Center (CBA).