WHERE WILL SHE GO?
BK MAGAZINE (Thailand)
www.bkmagazine.com
BY -UNKNOWN CONTRIBUTOR-
DATE PUBLISHED: 16 OCT 2008

Q & A: PAULA TAYLOR

Paula Taylor With a long resume featuring countless appearances in TV ads, music videos and a starring role in GTH’s new sitcom Nuea Khu Pratoo Thad Pai, this ubiquitous model/actress finds the local showbiz jaded and aims to find new challenges abroad.

I believe there’s someone for everyone. It’s not exactly hard for me to find love. It’s just that people who come into my life find it hard to feel comfortable with me. I guess I can sometimes be intimidating.

People think they already know me. They already have an idea of me from my pictures and from television. What you see is what you get. I’m not faking. I pride myself in being genuine. But there’s a lot more to me than just that!

Show business was not something I grew up with. In Thailand, the entertainment business is so close-knit. Kids want to grow up to be stars. But in Australia, show business is like Hollywood. It’s like a whole another world.

I miss normality, but I love my life. I try not to let it stop me from doing what I want. If I want to go shopping, I’m gonna go shopping! I’m not going to be like, “Oh my God, I’m a superstar, I can’t be seen.” I hate that.

People stereotype me so much here in Thailand. Once you do a role, all they see is that role.

I do reject parts. If I don’t want to do something, no matter how much money I am offered, I won’t do it. I won’t sing; that’s one thing I’ll never do.

I do have some “I wish…” moments. I wish I had continued my studies. I wish I didn’t do this. I wish I had done that. I will never know what could have happened.

My friends keep me grounded. I consider them as my core.

I can be very naive. I don’t want to think the worst of people. My friends usually do that for me. They look out for me.

I have come to a point in my life where I feel I have done everything and there’s nothing new.

I want to start afresh and find new experiences. I just started working in the Philippines, Japan and in Hong Kong. I was also invited to work for a magazine in Indonesia.

Don’t say that I’m going inter. Over there, I’m brand new. They don’t know me. But that’s the challenge I’m looking for. Otherwise I would be so jaded.

I’ve been turned down so many times. It’s not easy. But that’s the fun of it. You get to meet people and do different things.

I don’t have a specific goal. I just want to see what will come.

This career doesn’t last forever. If you don’t have a backup plan, you’re screwed.

When I was eighteen and got my first paycheck, I thought B300,000 would last forever. Then six months later it was all gone. I thought to myself, what did I even get out of that bundle of money?

I would like to start an agency for people like me who don’t have a big company looking after them. Here, you either belong to a TV channel or a music company or you’re on your own and you never know when the next job will come along.

I want to shelter these people. I know what they want. It’s a dirty business and people get hurt. I want to protect them and help them realize their dream.

Fame and money are fleeting. You must be able to separate yourself from them. If these are the most important things in your life then I feel very sorry for you.

This industry is full of insecure people. To need strangers to adore you, you’ve got to be missing something in your life. It’s a weird society.

This industry has given me opportunities. I wouldn’t have imagined. There are lows, but if you can get through them then you deserve this.

I want to be remembered as a happy girl, the girl who always smiled.

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