Sebastian Stan interview in Romania 🇷🇴
Andreea Esca: Hello and welcome to the radio, for those who are not in the car listening at this hour but have access to a computer, you can see us on our website europafm.ro or on Andreeaesca.ro. Today I am inviting you into the world of the Romanian-American actor who is invited as a guest in Bucharest at the American independent film festival, who you probably know from many movies. Who am I talking about, you are going to find out.
The introduction of Sebastian on the radio
A.E: The actor, Sebastian Stan is my guest today, I discovered him in the tv show Gossip Girl and mi children in Captain America, because hi is the good friend Bucky, hi Sebastian.
Sebastian: Hi, thank you, thank you.
Andreea: Have you got to sleep a bit?
Sebastian: Yeah, about 3-4 hours.
Andreea: Aha, and this morning you got busy already...
Sebastian: Yeah I had a meeting with Our Big Day Out ( a foundation he really supports), they are watching Civil War at the cinema right now.
Andreea: A lot of children ar waiting for you there.
Sebastian: Yeah, about 300-400 children.
Andreea: You speak very good romanian for someone who left Romania when he was 8.
Sebastian: We are going to see, maybe I am going to struggle but I am going to try.... Yeah it’s true, I lest at 8 I did not have to many people to talk to except for my mom.
Andreea: and when you get there you want to speak very good English for people to understand you.
Sebastian: Yeah, you want to speak English very good and you don’t want to be different at that...
Andreea: ... age
Sebastian: Yeah, at 9-10, I mean, I was in Vienna at that time and after that I came to US at 12 and yeah I struggled for a while because I didn’t want to speak English with an accent.
Andreea: you did it.
Sebastian: yeah but sometimes it comes out, let’s see what they say after I came back after this trip...( laughing)
Andreea: If you stay here 3 more days you are going to speak very good Romanian. We presented you the best we could but we have a segment in our show they is called autobiography in 20 second ....
Sebastian: Ok
Andreea: you are going to hear a timer and you have to say something about you whatever you want
Intro for the segment
Sebastian: ooo ok, I am a man from Romania, who returned after a long time, lived in US, yeah I am a bit American, a bit Romanian, I have a lot af thing to do on this earth and I don’t know how much time I have but we are going to see what is going to happen ammmm...
Andreea: and a bit of an actor ...
Sebastian: a bit of an actor...
Andreea: you did it
Sebastian: yeah but not that good ( laughing)
Andreea: You have to know that every story starts from childhood so can you tell me were you born? Exactly in Constanta?
Sebastian: I was born in Constanta on Cismelor street...
Andreea: hmmm
Sebastian: yeah that’s it, that is were I grew up in Constanta and Mamaia, I was everywhere in Mamaia from what I remember, and also I went with my mom at the nude beach
Andreea: nude beaches?
Sebastian: exactly.... laughing
Andreea: and are you steel going?
Sebastian: no no I haven’t been in a long time but now would be good to go because it’s Mamaia’s weekend
Andreea: exactly it’s Mamaia’s weekend and you are in Bucharest, I don’t know what are doing here, whatever, you are on the radio... how was the day you were born, has your mother told you?
Sebastian: hmm no, I think it was 5 in the afternoon when I was born and my mom was thinking, you know how it is, what should I eat, how much would I sleep but nothing much
Andreea: how was the neighborhood you grew up in, were ther a lot of kids?
Sebastian: no, I had 2 friends and that was that, I mean I was going to school and after that all afternoon we were outside playing as much as we could and that I woul to up ( referring to the apartment building he was staying in)
Andreea: you were living in an apartment building?
Sebastian: yeah, and than it was the news at night because that was the only thing on tv, from what I can remember and cartoons on New Years
Andreea: yeah you told me that you used to watch the show on New Years on tv
Sebastian: yes yes, this is something very European because in America New Years is not that big of a deal
Andreea: I was one year there to celebrate and I was very disappointed because at midnight everybody was going home
Sebastian: yeah well here we grew up with the fact that is it’s New Years you have to do something, to party...
Andreea: yeah well after I went to a grec party to celebrate
Sebastian: ooo perfect
Andreea: yeah I’d you want to celebrate New Years you have to go somewhere like Qeens
Sebastian: yeah and also Romanian restaurants
Andreea: so apartment building?
Sebastian: yeah and also I was talking with someone about the earthquakes because I felt some of them
Andreea: you left afte the revolution
Sebastian: yeah I left in 1989-1990 and there were a couple of them before
Andreea: yeah there was one 1977 that you did not felt because you were born in 1982 but it was one after that in 1980s something
Sebastian: yeah because we were at the top floor and I felt it
Andreea: were you a good child or you misbehaved?
Sebastian: when I was young I would always scratch myself, dancing, jumping, at some point I hit a mirror, almost fell on me, I mean, my mom....
Andreea: you were activ
Sebastian: I had a lot of energy, my mom was always scared of something happening, “ be careful Sebastian “ , “ pay attention Sebastian” , “ don’t go there”
Andreea: one of your parents was more strict?
Sebastian: no I mean my mom, maybe, and maybe my grandparents because I grew with them too, they were more strict but not that much ...... my grandma I remember one time she wasted my trousers and I went out and someone got some dust, mut on them and I had a fight with that kid ,” my grandma just washed my trousers “.
Andreea: your grandma was very special to you, was she?
Sebastian: yeah she was someone how was in my heart for a long time until the end, yeah
Andreea: and do you remember something that she did or taught you?
Sebastian: when, potatoes, when she would put potatoes around my neck when I was sick, and onions and vinegar in my sacks.. laughing
Andreea: do you still do it now?
Sebastian: no no
Andreea: it might be better still
Sebastian: exactly, much better than the medical care from US
Andreea: what is the first memory that you have with your parents?
Sebastian: hmmm.... I have some videos that I am going to send it to you after this and explain about it, I don’t know ever since I was a child I wanted to impersonate other people and my mom and my grandparents work always want me to do it and after that when I was in Vienna my mom woul always try and send me to casting calls
Andreea: maybe she saw that you were talented
Sebastian: she saw that but she didn’t wanted to push me to hard and that was very important because I didn’t like it as much at the time, I was very shy, not with them but with people that I never interacted with before
Andreea: and at school were you interested?
Sebastian: at school I started to write left handed but they did not let me , they told me only with the right hand
Andreea: well you did start school in Romania
Part 1 first 10 minuets of the interview
Past 2 in a couple of hours 😁