It has a different quality Karobetis Carob Tree beyond her undeniable talent. And every time he speaks it’s an oasis in the madness of toxicity we’re experiencing on multiple fronts.
He proved it once again by giving an interview to Despina Kamouris for the show “Weekenders”.

-Did you ever imagine, little girl in Didymoteicho, that you would end up here?

“Of course not. It was not something one could imagine. I wanted it in the back of my mind because as a child I had all these wonderful images from the Greek films of that time and this whole sense of magic had been created in me.”

-At some point when you wanted to go to Thessaloniki, you said that your mom decided to go, but since she was a lady in the village, she went as far as cleaning stairs so that she could help you…

“Yes, indeed. Not just my mother, the whole family. And my father. It all started with him. As the head of the family, he had the idea and the dream to offer his daughter better educational conditions, to help her for the future. We had this cafe in the village that we were very good there, we didn’t miss things. A poor, rural family who also owned this coffee shop. We weren’t hungry. It’s just that when we went to the big city things were much more difficult and there really was another job to be found.”

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-All the years of your career until now, your name has never been heard, in conflicts…

“The theater is an ensemble work, a collective work. I don’t like to put on attitudes, I know I’m a diva or whatever so I fight for publicity or narcissism or selfish and all that.”

-You always talk about your love for women. You defend them publicly. Femicide sexism..

“Violence also exists in highly educated people and in the highest social strata. At some point men will have to understand that women are not a threat to them. On the contrary. They defend their rights and try to conquer the famous parity.
However, there is no equality in matters of remuneration, for example. Men are clearly paid much better than women”

– Age racism at work has also been talked about very often

“First of all to take the entertainment industry, Hollywood which is the image there. If there isn’t the corresponding personality or acting skills behind them, the industry passes them by and looks for fresh blood”

-Why have you chosen to never talk about your personal life?

“I don’t want to talk about my personal life. It’s a space I want to protect. Anyway, we see that things often don’t go well, relationships don’t last forever. A separation is coming. A couple reaches the point of getting a divorce. His personal pain is not enough for him, he also has all the criticism and all the bad things, the gossip, the things that one and the other will say. I don’t like these at all. It’s not nice”

-Have you ever been jealous?

“In times when I was very much in love, if I felt that my partner did not honor this relationship, I was hurt, and because I don’t like experiencing negative emotions, I preferred to end the relationship”