Penelope Cruz Quotes
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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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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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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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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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I try to do as much as possible for every character. Some of them, it is easier to do the research because you have either real examples that you work with, maybe some specific person that inspires you in that case, or the performances from other people, or the characters, or a character from a book.
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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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I came to New York to study ballet and English.
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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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Awards are great, as you get to meet up with friends and colleagues from your industry - a sort of reunion.
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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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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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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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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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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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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 was raised Catholic, but then I discovered Buddhism, and I used to have a boyfriend who was a Scientologist, and they are all good religions that help people. As far as I'm concerned, you can have all three religions at once and it's okay!
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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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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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I won't go to places where you're going to find more attention. I go to the opposite.
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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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The discipline that ballet requires is obsessive. And only the ones who dedicate their whole lives are able to make it. Your toenails fall off and you peel them away and then you're asked to dance again and keep smiling. I wanted to become a professional ballet dancer.
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I want to have babies one day but not right now. When I do it I want to do it really well. I want it to be my best project in life.
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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 lot of English, so I only really knew my lines for the movie I was doing.
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Madrid is what I call home, but also the States.