Five Things Eva Longoria Revealed About Her 'The Young And The Restless' Stint

When Eva Longoria became a part of The Young and the Restless, it was two years after she started out in the movie industry. At the time, she made $900 per episode, and according to her, this could not sort all the bills. The TV actress worked as a headhunter on the side. According to Entertainment Weekly, Longoria once shared that she was a headhunter on one side while trying to keep her Hollywood career floating. She stated:

"I was a headhunter while I was on The Young and the Restless. I was doing it out of my dressing room. It wasn’t until two years into The Young and the Restless that I was actually able to live off just acting. The business side of it has allowed me to utilize muscles that you don’t normally use as an actor." 

Headhunting was Longoria's first job when she moved to Los Angeles to pursue her acting dreams. She would often attend to her second job right in her dressing room on the set of "Y&R." Longoria would come to rack in her biggest checks as a soap star, but at first, headhunting was the real deal. Longoria revealed that she was so good at the headhunting job that she earned $100,000 per annum. All this was when the actress was just 22.

The 47-year-old actress has described her Isabella Brana role as a complex and challenging one. She said about playing Isabella:

"I feel I've been very lucky in the roles I've played over the past several years. Isabella, for example, was so complex, so full of anger and love at the same time. She was a challenge to play." 

Isabella was a force to reckon with as she was a diva on a mission. She was entangled in a web of drama after Michael Baldwin brought her in to disrupt Paul Williams and Christine Blair's marriage. This in turn spun a plot that played out her villainous character.

While acting out scripts is very key to being an actor, improvisation skills are also highly regarded. Longoria employed some of hers on The Young and the Restless, but she faced some challenges with it. Longoria made it known to Seth Meyers that the director was not too pleased when she improvised, but that usually came into play when other actors refused to stick to their scripts.