Doing The Tango With Eric Mabius

 Tango Magazine has a wonderful interview with Ugly Betty’s Eric Mabius about life and love.  Mr. Mabius, like all of the Ugly Betty cast, would appear to have his head on straight. An excerpt:

What do you do to feel sexy?
Honestly, the clothes I get to wear [as Daniel] are pretty outstanding. That doesn’t hurt. Definitely doesn’t hurt. Between what they dress me in on the show and what I’m sent [because of what I am dressed in on the show], I have among some of the finest suits made. Ferragamo made me a tux for the Emmy’s that was just not to be believed. You know, I’m not a person who would spend thousands of dollars on a wardrobe, but it’s kind of even more delicious to wear it without spending the kind of money that some people do. It’s hard not to feel a little sexy wearing some of that stuff.

More after the jump!

Are there any similarities between you and your Ugly Betty character, Daniel?
Not many similarities at all, really. I don’t often have to juggle who I’m sleeping with on a night to night basis, you know. I’d like to think that Daniel has depth, but he hasn’t been given the tools to get through life and is making them up as he goes along. I’m definitely making things up as I go along, too, but I think my parents raised me right.

Does Ivy watch the show?
Max goes to sleep around 7:30 and she’s asleep pretty soon after that, so she’s maybe seen half of my episodes. It’s not that she doesn’t want to [see them all]. It’s about priorities and obviously being a parent. If I had to be up as often as she did with the baby, I would be the same way.

Ahhh, young parenthood!  They seem to be doing it right.  Here’s more:

How do you keep the spark alive?
It’s kind of easy in that she’s her own boss—she does a lot of interior design and paints—so wherever I happen to go, she gets to come with me. I don’t know how other people do it when they do long distance. It’s like we’re always on a honeymoon. There’s nothing special that we have to do to keep the spark alive. On the hiatus, all we do is travel through Europe to promote the show, and Ivy and our little boy come with me. It’s a pretty enchanted life. You’d have to really work at being miserable with the good things that are going on in my life.

Wow. I can’t tell you how refreshing it is to hear this kind of level-headed thinking from a young Hollywood star.  Ivy is definitely a lucky girl (and I would add, he is also quite fortunate).

Source: Tango Magazine