I have a tendency to become a mother to everyone around me. My brother and sister are always complaining that I'm too… — Penelope Cruz Brother and sister Copy Share Image
I never felt, 'Oh, I think I look good.' I always tend to be more in the insecure side. And I thought… — Penelope Cruz Copy Share Image
I really dislike it when the media asks young actresses, normally when they're about 23, how they feel about ageing. There are… — Penelope Cruz Copy Share Image
I don't play comedy as comedy. That would be the biggest trap. I think about the characters and their situations. Then you… — Penelope Cruz Copy Share Image
I have seen water availability change drastically in my own lifetime. Around the world, millions of people are already living in a… — Penelope Cruz Around the world Copy Share Image
Making a living out of acting sounded like science-fiction when I was growing up. I didn't know anyone around me who lived… — Penelope Cruz Acting Copy Share Image
I've worked myself to exhaustion before. I was so young, and I thought I could do everything; it was just too much… — Penelope Cruz Body Copy Share Image
I think, how do you say it, laughing is the best medicine, It can help you release whatever you're holding inside yourself.… — Penelope Cruz Comedies Copy Share Image
We had a great connection with Pedro Almodovar from the beginning. Even before I met him, it was so strange. I felt… — Penelope Cruz Copy Share Image
For 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona,' for example, Woody Allen is one of the greatest American directors, and we really had a very good… — Penelope Cruz Barcelona Copy Share Image
My mother was very passionate about life and she would do anything for us. And she had to fight alone to raise… — Penelope Cruz Copy Share Image
Pedro Almodóvar asked me to watch italian films again as homework to look at the energy of all those women from the… — Penelope Cruz Character Copy Share Image
I am amazed about how everyone wants to know about my love life. They whisper to me, 'Tell me the truth? Is… — Penelope Cruz Absurd Copy Share Image
When I was on the set, I was not talking on the phone or reading anything else. I was just reading things,… — Penelope Cruz End of the day Copy Share Image
[Winning an Oscar] was a beautiful thing that happened. It is in my house, and every time I look at, I see… — Penelope Cruz Acting Copy Share Image
I love Salma Hayek; we've been friends for a really long time. I admire how she has come such a long way… — Penelope Cruz Copy Share Image
Being actors we are dealing with the beauty and complexity of human confusion, no? And we are always trying to get answers. — Penelope Cruz Actor Copy Share Image
I used to dance for seventeen years -classical ballet, which was very disciplined. I like yoga and Pilates, but I don't have… — Penelope Cruz Ballet Copy Share Image
You can always keep learning with acting, because the school is life and yourself and your friends and your relationships. I'm fascinated… — Penelope Cruz Acting Copy Share Image
It feels great and it's very beautiful when you can bring someone of your own nationality into a story, where even the… — Penelope Cruz Accents Copy Share Image
I would always cast Meryl Streep for everything. I would do with something inspired by the work of Guy Bourdin, my favorite… — Penelope Cruz Copy Share Image
I had a very curly perm in the '80s, thanks to the 'Way You Make Me Feel' Michael Jackson video. I liked… — Penelope Cruz Copy Share Image
I never want to lie about my age. If I look around at the actresses I admire, they are all women who… — Penelope Cruz Actresses Copy Share Image
Especially when you are advertising a product, I talk to the photographer and we create a character - it always gives you… — Penelope Cruz About yourself Copy Share Image
I never grew up dreaming about a wedding - I don't think about things like that. I don't know how to explain… — Penelope Cruz Care Copy Share Image
Nothing is going to happen to you if you throw salt on the floor, stand under a ladder, or see eight black… — Penelope Cruz Copy Share Image
There's so much more I want to do. I refuse to get to 50 and wait at home for the phone to… — Penelope Cruz Copy Share Image
My mum came to mind many times when I was preparing the character, her strength. She worked six days a week and… — Penelope Cruz Time Copy Share Image
I was happy that I finally could play a mature woman, because I started working when I was a teenager and was… — Penelope Cruz Age Copy Share Image
In my everyday life, I just wear jeans, t-shirts and trainers - if I can go barefoot, that's even better. But for… — Penelope Cruz Barefoot Copy Share Image
It's great working with my sister, because we are very close as a family - my brother, my sister and myself. We… — Penelope Cruz Brother Copy Share Image
I love ballet and I love dancing… It's a little boring for me to go to the gym because I'm used to… — Penelope Cruz Ballet Copy Share Image
Sometimes, when things go well on a set, or when you are working with somebody like Pedro Almodovar, Woody Allen, Rob Marshall… — Penelope Cruz Copy Share Image
I have fear, always, on the set. Insecurity to the point where the first week I always think I could be fired.… — Penelope Cruz Actor Copy Share Image
I have food every day on the table, I have a family, friends, health - all the things without which it wouldn't… — Penelope Cruz Copy Share Image
I realized that when two people function well together at work, it doesn't matter if they hadn't seen each other for years.… — Penelope Cruz Copy Share Image
Maybe I'll make one movie a year, maybe two, but it's not going to be more than that because I have other… — Penelope Cruz Film Copy Share Image
I want to have babies one day but not right now. When I do it I want to do it really well.… — Penelope Cruz Baby Copy Share Image
My definition of beauty is without rules. It can be the face of a beautiful 90-year-old woman that is full of stories… — Penelope Cruz Beautiful Copy Share Image
I try to do as much as possible for every character. Some of them, it is easier to do the research because… — Penelope Cruz Copy Share Image
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