Penelope Cruz Quotes
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In my everyday life, I just wear jeans, t-shirts and trainers - if I can go barefoot, that's even better. But for the events I have a stylist, and in two hours we have selected a whole outfit.
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You cannot live your life looking at yourself from someone else's point of view.
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I love ballet, and it's a little boring for me to go to the gym because I'm used to the dancing discipline - it's really hard but much more fun.
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There are so many designers that I love, and I'm so lucky that I get to work with so many of them and sometimes spend time with them.
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I used to dance for seventeen years -classical ballet, which was very disciplined. I like yoga and Pilates, but I don't have the discipline to go to the gym.
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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 them are the most beautiful things you will ever experience.
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When I read a script, I try not to judge the characters. I try to have an open mind and really see what it makes me feel.
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I am living for every day and trying to have less fear, less worry. But I have always worried about everything; it's in my nature. It's the thing that makes me suffer the most.
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It's great working with my sister, because we are very close as a family - my brother, my sister and myself. We have a great relationship.
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I love New York, but being there the whole year, it gets a little crazy with the speed and rhythm of things.
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I love Salma Hayek; we've been friends for a really long time. I admire how she has come such a long way and always remained grounded and who she is. She never compromises to follow her vision, and she is loyal. Such qualities only mark the great stars.
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I came to New York to study ballet and English.
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Awards are great, as you get to meet up with friends and colleagues from your industry - a sort of reunion.
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The thing that really makes me happy is the real work and rehearsing and creating the character and the process of making the movie. Hollywood's not real.
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It doesn't happen every day, but many nights my dreams are like a movie. I don't see normal movement - I see things in very complicated shots. That's why I do remember many of them.
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I don't play comedy as comedy. That would be the biggest trap. I think about the characters and their situations. Then you don't have to worry where the laugh is going to be. But comedy is harder than drama.
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Ever since I was a little girl, I've worried too much. It always bothers me because sometimes you end up worrying more about the worry and you are not resolving things that are right there in front of you. I have been like that all my life, and it's hard to change.
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As a kid, I had a lot of energy; but the ballet lessons made me calm - this pleased my mother.
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I have had a very singular kind of life since I started working so young, so I am very used to traveling, working, taking time for myself.
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Making a living out of acting sounded like science-fiction when I was growing up. I didn't know anyone around me who lived from anything related to art.
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I won't go to places where you're going to find more attention. I go to the opposite.
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Unfortunately, I am very aware of editing and I look at the monitor too much. Sometimes the monitor can become your worst enemy because you can, consciously or unconsciously, start editing yourself.
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Even if you were aware of children and felt compassion, when you have your own, it multiplies. It breaks your heart to know that there are so many children in the world suffering so much.
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My parents owned a hair salon, so I learned a few tricks there. I can cut people's hair - if they let me.