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Penelope Cruz

163 quotes in 875 categories

An actress’s candid moments surface here, offering insight into the craft, her heritage, and the balance between public life and private moments. The excerpts convey both poise and a down‑to‑earth sensibility.

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Penélope Cruz Sánchez is a Spanish actress. Prolific in Spanish and English-language films, her accolades include an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, a David di Donatello and three Goya Awards.

Quick Facts About Penelope Cruz

Notable works: Woman on Top

About Penelope Cruz

Penélope Cruz Sánchez is a Spanish actress. Prolific in Spanish and English-language films, her accolades include an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, a David di Donatello and three Goya Awards.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Penelope Cruz

I'm not like Puff Daddy, I hold my own umbrella.

Daddy

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I have a strong personality, and I say what I think.

Personality

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Madrid is what I call home, but also the States.

Football

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I want to work with Johnny Depp.

Johnny

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My ambition is to be happy.

Ambition

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I like roles that people don't recognize me in.

People

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I came to New York to study ballet and English.

Ballet

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I always feel scared and insecure on a film set. I don't know any other way.

Feels

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I don't think I am beautiful. I can look good and I can look ugly.

Beautiful

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When I start a movie, the first day, I feel like a duck.

Ducks

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Johnny Depp is so special that he is like a Martian. In fact, that's what I call him, Martian.

Facts

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As a kid, I had a lot of energy; but the ballet lessons made me calm - this pleased my mother.

Ballet

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I don't know why, but women in a hair salon share their deepest secrets.

Hair

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I love learning on the set. But, directing is not something I want to do.

Directing

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In Spain, actresses work until they are old. That's my plan.

Actress

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All those cliches, those things you hear about having a baby and motherhood - all of them are true. And all of…

Baby

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I love the Italian culture - it's a beautiful culture. I love the language, the Italian people, their music, their attitudes... I…

Attitude

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I learned English kind of late. I remember when I got my first opportunity to work in America, I didn't speak a…

America

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I had things with numbers - because I love numbers - but it's not something I'm proud of. I'm proud that I…

Able

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I always knew I wanted a family because of the way I grew up. Family has always been the most important thing.

Always

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I spend so much time living by myself - mostly in hotels - and I pick up cats when I'm feeling particularly…

Cat

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I was 11 when I first said I wanted to become an actress, and everyone looked at me as if I had…

Actor

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When I was 16, I got 'Jamon, Jamon.' Of course, I had to lie about my age. And I had to lie…

Age

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It is a revolutionary experience. That's the best way I can describe it. It transforms you completely, in a second. Nature is…

Best way

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In 'Twice Born' I play my character in her 20s, 30s and 50s. For the fifty year old scenes, I had some…

Actually

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The one philosophy or religion I find I am most close to is the Buddhist one. I think it is the one…

Buddhism

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Every time I make a film, I feel like it's my first time...I always think they could fire me. I've ruined my…

Cinema

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When I am dreaming at night, I see everything as a shot from a movie. I have cranes and extras in my…

Complicated

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Sometimes you will do a close-up for a scene in the morning where you are totally distraught, then shoot the rest of…

Burning

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There's a lot of work that goes into it - if you think about how many collections a year that Karl Lagerfeld…

About

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I've seen my grandmothers grow old and they are so beautiful, every wrinkle in their face tells a story. I want to…

Beautiful

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I can play a real woman finally. It was like a dream come true. It is a very difficult character, very demanding…

Creative process

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If I read a script and the subject stays with me - then that's when I want to go to work. Before,…

Empty

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I feel like I've been very lucky with the directors. The characters I've been offered, especially lately, have given me the opportunity…

Character

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Pedro's Almodovar different - very unique, very particular and difficult to compare to anyone else. But I've been lucky with many of…

Compare

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My favourite actress is Meryl Streep. Oh, and Anna Magnani.

Actress

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Awards are great, as you get to meet up with friends and colleagues from your industry - a sort of reunion.

Awards

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I think superstition has a lot to do with fear: the less, the better.

Fear

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You cannot live your life looking at yourself from someone else's point of view.

Life

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Age holds absolutely no fear for me. There is so much enjoyment ahead.

Absolutely

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