Stavros Svengos gave an interview about his son, acting and the androgyny he went through during his ex-wife's pregnancy.
The actor was on "After Dark" and first, he talked about his decision to pursue acting.
"When I was 15 years old, a friend told me he had a show and if I would go. So I went, and I was mesmerized. Until then, I hadn't thought about what I was going to do in my future. I liked my dad's job, lantern making, I already knew it, I thought I would go into it. Once the show was over, I went to the dressing rooms, asked who was in charge, enrolled there and was introduced to it," he initially explained.
He went on to say that if he sees that acting is making his life difficult, then he will look for something else. "An actor can and should do everything. Television has more money than theatre. It never crossed my mind that I should stay in this business. If I can't make a living, I'll go back to my dad's crew and do something else. Anyway, I worked for many years as a bartender and waiter," he said."
Referring to the reality shows on TV, he said: "I'd love to be on Survivor, but I don't know if I'd be able to experience it in the form it takes afterwards," adding that he wouldn't participate in any of them, as he feels that doing so would distract him from what he really wants to do.
The actor then talked about fatherhood and his son. "What changes you with a child is that when you do it at a sunny age, like 33 and you've experienced the whole gamut of emotions, the child comes along and all of a sudden, you feel an emotion that you've never felt before. It plays havoc with your ego until the first year. It makes you a much better person. A good person means the ego is in place," he explained.
He even added that his son is the reason he left the theatre. "I left the theatre, something I would never leave in my life and I get depressed, but I needed and wanted to be with the boy. He comes to rehearsals with me and on set with me and I try to explain to him that none of this is true, that it's just daddy's job. He'll demystify it that way. I never want him to say my dad is on TV," Stavros Stegos says.
In light of the discussion about his son, he also talked about the androgyny he went through when his ex-partner was pregnant with their child.
"You have some symptoms. Swelling in the abdomen, nausea. I had a few and then, I saw it as an excuse to eat whatever I wanted," he said, adding: "I was eating my pa... and I was like oh I'm swollen, it's probably from the andrology, and I had eaten a whole table."
"You're very close to your partner and you start to feel what she feels, but you don't choose it. It comes on its own. It's like the three of us being locked in a room right now for nine months, our attitudes will be affected and we'll experience things in common. So the whole thing psychologically and subconsciously starts to play tricks on you. I was very close to Helen, so I started having these things too. Helen basically told me," he added.
As for his personal life, he said he is single. "I don't have any thoughts about a second child. It's not in my mind, but you don't know what will happen in the future," he said.
Source: protothema.gr
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