“It would break me not to win this time. In the past I have always convinced myself that I would not have made it like this when the victory came it was more beautiful. At this point… we go! ” Laura Pausini on the threshold of the Oscars believes in it. «Io Sì (Seen)», the soundtrack of «Life in front of him» by Edoardo Ponti with Sophia Loren, is in the five for the Oscar as best song. After Sanremo, Latin Grammy, Grammy and Golden Globe, just to mention the main awards, Laura’s showcase is preparing to expand to the most prestigious of show business awards. This is how it is told in a press conference and an interview for Corriere.
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«With my schoolmates I laugh about it … let’s say that if the Oscar arrives there is no other award to win. The Olympic Games? I hate doing sports, I just watch them. But for the Oscars I have to prepare myself and here is my draining drink! ».
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Who are you dedicating the nomination to?
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“I have never written speeches on such occasions, but this nomination and the eventual victory I dedicate to my father: he played in orchestras, he was among the first to try the adventure of the piano bar, he taught me why songs are important for people’s lives, but he never told me I had to sing. He waited. And on my eighth birthday, at the Napoleone restaurant in Bologna, I asked for a microphone as a gift. It would have been enough for me to play piano bars, there were no girls then, but he told me that my dreams were too small ».
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Do you have a superstitious ritual for these occasions?
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«A plastic magic wand, a gift from my best friend Giuseppe, who unfortunately passed away a few years ago. I always have it with me and it has always worked. This year I also have Unipop, multicolored unicorn poop made by an artist named Amanda ».
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“I owe you everything. This moment is the son of his decision to have my voice for his protagonist. I also thank his son Edoardo who directed me in the sung part ».
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Had he ever dreamed of such a goal?
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“Never. Nor to be an actress even if years ago I received from Bernardo Bertolucci the proposal to play Maria Callas. I couldn’t handle an invitation like that. ‘
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If something like this came now, do you feel it would have sturdy shoulders?
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“I don’t like to think that those who are not prepared or have not studied or have no talent in one sector use their popularity to devote themselves to something else. And also I don’t want to know too much what happens in cinema which for me is a distraction and a dream. When I watch a video clip or listen to a song, unfortunately I think about how it was produced ».
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«Forrest Gump, Schindler’s List and Life is Beautiful. And of course Life in front of him. It was a blow to the heart to see him with my 8-year-old daughter: he asked me questions that allowed us to have a new and more mature relationship ».
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Did you go to the cinema with your friends or with your sweethearts?
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«With the parents in the afternoon. Until 18 I had no permission to go out at night. Then I won Sanremo and I’ve always been out and about working ever since. I saw the films at home ».
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They are the Oscars of diversity, a theme that you have often shared.
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“It’s a word that I don’t like and that I love at the same time. I live surrounded by the diversities that make me grow, teach my daughter, reflect on things. If there were no diversity, life would be a deadly bore, but emphasizing the word in a derogatory way annoys me ».
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The Pope is against the blessings of homosexual couples. How do you think?
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“I don’t think that’s his thinking. Homosexual people have the right to be in a family, they are children of God like all human beings who want to love each other. Nobody should be thrown out or made unhappy about it. We have to create a law on civil unions to cover everyone legally ”.
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Everything starts from the Sanremo Giovani stage in 1993. What do you see looking back?
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“Since then I have wondered why certain things happen to me. I always think I’m not able. But from that day on, the desire not to be satisfied was also born and to do so I behave like a disciplined athlete. I am a woman who has many things about that little girl who felt in the attic of Solarolo with the neighbors who asked to turn down the volume, the same anxieties, the same way of rejoicing, the same principle of singing that there were 100 people or 60 thousand of San Siro. The bigger things got, the smaller I felt and wondered if I deserved them. “
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Did he have impostor syndrome?
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“Years ago I felt guilty about the success. A psychologist helped me. It gives me strength to hear abroad that a French, an American and a Brazilian journalist appreciate the same thing, the voice. But that’s not my merit, I was born there. So I get busy with what I can do and what is around: the choice of songs, the search for authors and producers … In short, 28 years of luck even with an important butt like mine can’t hold them ».
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Don’t you get used to meeting other stars, to feel part of the star system?
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«Everything starts from that Sanremo. When Pippo Baudo calls me on the phone, I’m still nervous today. I’m calmer if I talk to Beyoncé. I have been working on dealing with these meetings without too much fuss. But I remain more famous in Italy, I do the stadiums here and not in South America which taught me to be a woman ».
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Why is he moving?
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«I haven’t traveled for two years, I was used to staying at home for 20 days a year at the most. I can’t be wow ».
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The lyrics of the song have phrases that seem to refer to the pandemic: “when you learn to survive / and accept the impossible”, “when being invisible / it’s worse than not living” …
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«The song was born in English. It was Edoardo Ponti who asked me to try to sing a few sentences in Italian when we listened to the audition together. With Niccolò Agliardi we worked for a month to tell the story without falling for granted. It is not dedicated to the pandemic. Indeed in August, when we registered, it was time for the reopening. Now I am moved to think that we are all a little invisible … ».
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Wouldn’t you close the circle by returning to Sanremo as a presenter?
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“Rai asked me a few years ago together with Paola Cortellesi. I didn’t feel capable. If they asked me to, I would never accept the artistic direction because I am plagiable and you will have my favorites, my friends, participate. But next year I would like to release my new album ».
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