Quotes by Penelope Cruz

About Penelope Cruz:

Penélope Cruz Sánchez is a Spanish actress and model. Signed by an agent at age 15, she made her acting debut at 16 on television and her feature film debut the following year in Jamón, jamón (1992), to critical acclaim. Her subsequent roles in the 1990s and 2000s included Open Your Eyes (1997), The Hi-Lo Country (1999), The Girl of Your Dreams (2000) and Woman on Top (2000). Cruz achieved recognition for her lead roles in the 2001 films Vanilla Sky, All the Pretty Horses, Captain Corelli's Mandolin and Blow.
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I never want to lie about my age. If I look around at the actresses I admire, they are all women who have not fought growing older, but embraced it and been proud of it - women like Sophia Loren or Audrey Hepburn.

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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 to my parents about the content of the script.

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I breastfed my son for 13 months, and I plan to do at least the same with my daughter. That's an amazing thing for babies, but it's also really good for the mother because it regulates your body again after pregnancy.

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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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For 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona,' for example, Woody Allen is one of the greatest American directors, and we really had a very good working relationship. We understand each other really well. He gave me one of the best opportunities somebody has ever g...

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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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The most difficult thing in the world is to start a career known only for your looks, and then to try to become a serious actress. No one will take you seriously once you are known as the pretty woman.

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My ambition is to be happy.

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I really like the Caribbean. Anyplace in the Caribbean. I get there, and I feel like a monkey - the perfect state.

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

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One thing that I am proud of: I am really capable of laughing at myself.

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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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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 professi...

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I've worked myself to exhaustion before. I was so young, and I thought I could do everything; it was just too much for my body and my mind.

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There are roles I have said no to, but for different reasons. And, I never talk about those because I feel it's disrespectful to say, 'Oh, I said no to this project or that other project.' I'd rather talk about the ones that I said yes to and the rea...

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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 have been hearing gossip and lies since I began working. When I was 17, I used to get very angry because I opened a magazine and I saw myself in a picture on a motorcycle, and the headline was, 'I'm getting married next month.'

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I had a very curly perm in the '80s, thanks to the 'Way You Make Me Feel' Michael Jackson video. I liked the girl in it.

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

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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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Author Bio

  • NamePenelope Cruz
  • DescriptionSpanish actress
  • AliasesPenelope Cruz
  • BornApril 28, 1974
  • CountrySpain
  • ProfessionActor
  • AwardsAcademy Award For Best Supporting Actress