I take a lot of meetings<\/strong><\/p>\nWhen I’m in the office, I’m jumping between meetings about rewrites or reviewing scripts that come in for film development. Every meeting is different.<\/p>\n
When the team is all together in the same room, we brainstorm. Sometimes our meetings are development meetings, writer meetings, or pitches. We’re in the middle of a lot of pitches right now.<\/p>\n
We also have branding meetings constantly \u2014 I think we had eight brands come through recently for branded content we’re producing.<\/p>\n
We have our unscripted side and our scripted side, so I’m meeting with our unscripted executives to go over the slate \u2014 who we’re selling to, what stage it’s at, whether it’s sold, pitching, in production, or in post.<\/p>\n
When I’m directing, I sometimes shoot 12-hour days<\/strong><\/p>\nWhen I’m directing, it feels like full steam ahead. Call time is often 6 a.m., so on those days, I wake up around 4 a.m. to work out at 4:30 a.m. and leave the house by 5:30 a.m. We usually have 12-hour shoots. I don’t like running sets that are longer than 12 hours.<\/p>\n
On “Desperate Housewives,” we would sometimes shoot for 17 or 18 hours. The 18-hour days are gone. People need to go home to their families. You have to have a civilized life. When I shoot in places like Spain or France, there are rules that you can’t go above certain hours, and I love that.<\/p>\n
When we’re shooting, I sometimes stop and realize I haven’t eaten all day. My assistant literally has to keep me fed and make sure I’m drinking water.<\/p>\n
I go through two big bottles of water a day when I’m on set. Things always feel a bit crazy when I’m directing.<\/p>\n
Soccer teams, investments, and building businesses<\/strong><\/p>\nI also spend time on my other projects \u2014 my soccer teams, investments, and entrepreneurial work.<\/p>\n
I’m an investor in several soccer clubs, including Angel City FC, Club Necaxa, and La Equidad in Bogot\u00e1, Colombia. I recently had meetings about creative for Club Necaxa and the work we’re doing with La Equidad.<\/p>\n
I believe small businesses are what power the world economy. They create the jobs, so anything that helps them access capital, guidance, or infrastructure \u2014 I want to be part of that.<\/p>\n
No matter the project, I write everything down<\/strong><\/p>\nI still write everything down. I love physically writing notes. If I don’t write something down, I’ll forget it.<\/p>\n
I’ll use my phone notes sometimes, but I prefer paper. I like to physically jot down what I have to do that day.<\/p>\n
I try to be fully present when I’m with my son<\/strong><\/p>\nAt the end of the day, I try really hard to make sure I’m fully present when I’m with my son.<\/p>\n
On an office day, I try to be out by three to pick up Santi from school. I don’t like walking in the door with my phone in my hand.<\/p>\n
Once I’m home, I play with Santi<\/strong><\/p>\nThen I cook dinner, and we eat at 5 p.m. Next is bath time, books, and bedtime. That time is 100% his.<\/p>\n
I definitely enjoy a great glass of wine, a fresh baguette, and, of course, tequila. I really believe in balance. I say you should enjoy the things you love.<\/p>\n
I am, however, militant about my sleep.<\/p>\n
I’m usually in bed by 8:30 p.m., and I’m out by 9<\/strong><\/p>\nI always tell people: don’t send me an email you need me to look at at night, because I won’t see it until the morning.<\/p>\n
My weekends are all about family. I love spending time with my son, cooking, working out, getting together with friends, being outdoors, and slowing down whenever I can. If I’m not working, I’m happiest around a table with family, sharing a great meal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Eva Longoria, a 51-year-old actor, producer, director, and entrepreneur…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1012844,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[33],"tags":[9761,185,122552,2385,171,405336,67550,18518,3043,2961,7088,38612,15978,8763,6620,67,132,68,527,8066],"class_list":["post-1012843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-a-m","tag-celebrities","tag-daily-routine","tag-day","tag-entertainment","tag-eva-longoria-shares","tag-first-thing","tag-glass","tag-hour","tag-la","tag-lot","tag-meeting","tag-morning","tag-son","tag-time","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-water","tag-work"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117128084289090955","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1012843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1012843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1012843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1012844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1012843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1012843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1012843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}