best of the season s/s 20 interview by OLIVIER ZAHM photography by MICHAEL BAILEY-GATES with BOBBI SALVÖR MENUEZ style by SHEILA SINGLE OLIVIER ZAHM — Bobbi, is acting something you’ve always wanted to do? BOBBI SALVÖR MENUEZ — Well, it wasn’t really my plan. Since I was a little kid, I always thought, “Oh, I want to be an artist, because if you’re an artist, you can do what- ever you want.” Of all the “adult” things to have to do at some point, being an artist seemed the most free. OLIVIER ZAHM — It’s not even a choice. BOBBI SALVÖR MENUEZ — [Laughs] Yeah, exactly. I had different ideas about it then than I do now, obviously. But I was also always very interested in film. I really liked watching films, and I used to go to Cinema Nolita — the last video-rental place downtown. That’s how I…
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