Mia Maestro Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

Hollywood is kind of a bad world.

If something's important to you, you make time for it.

If you're always strict with yourself, life gets miserable. And we're supposed to enjoy life.

My parents were overprotective because you could get kidnapped and bombs were exploding in the streets.

The other day I had a running scene, and I had two hours until my next scene. Instead of going back to the trailer, I kept on running for an hour.

Trivia

Her height is 5'4.

Maestro traveled to Austria, where she was able to work with Lauren Bacall and Dennis Hopper in The Venice Project (1999).

She ranked #67 in 2001 in Maxim's 100 Sexiest Women.

Her boyfriend is Ned Benson, an actor/director.

One of her favourite movies is School of Rock.

She loves scuba-diving.

She has a dog named River.

Has starred in 4 movies with her good friend, actress Salma Hayek: "Frida" "In the Time of the Butterflies" "Hotel" and "Timecode."

She is a spokesperson and model for Movado.

She stars in the music video for Prince's single, "Te Amo Corazon."

Initially trained in Argentina, Maestro moved to Berlin at the age of 18 to develop a vocal repertoire -- in German -- of the works of Kurt Weill and Hans Eisler, which added to her already rigorous schedule of vocal, dance and music classes.