Victoria Abril Quotes
Compared to dancing, films seemed to me to be the work of lay bums. There was no physical pain; it was enough to say and imagine what was in the script. It was very easy for me.
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I don't know how anyone could stop working.
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God knows I tried to make it earlier in life, but with all due respect to myself, nothing I ever did was any good.
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Compared to dancing, films seemed to me to be the work of lay bums. There was no physical pain; it was enough to say and imagine what was in the script. It was very easy for me.
