Quotes by Victoria Abril

About Victoria Abril:

Victoria Abril is a Spanish film actress and singer. She is best known to international audiences for her performance in the movie ¡Átame! (Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!) by director Pedro Almodóvar.
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You can fake your age or mask it, but the passion that moves the characters has to be real.

Victoria Abril

When I said I was going to audition for a film, I got a hearty laugh from all my family.

Victoria Abril

I chose the most explosive dress I could find. I put a ton of makeup on and some great round earrings. I looked like Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun.

Victoria Abril

People love coming on television, even if they have to show their miseries.

Victoria Abril

There's nothing more human than two people making love.

Victoria Abril

I went to dance classes from 9 in the morning until 1, then to school from 3 to 10 at night, always under the threat that if I failed a single course I could forget about dancing.

Victoria Abril

When you have to get into the character each morning, give it your voice, your face, it was torture.

Victoria Abril

I like men with some belly who are a little over the hill.

Victoria Abril

For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.

Victoria Abril

I'd heard it was dangerous to walk around Miami.

Victoria Abril

I'm a small and normal girl, and stories like mine no one likes to tell. Fortunately so, because I wouldn't like to play myself.

Victoria Abril

Keep your ears open, your eyes open, grab everything you can, react, and learn!

Victoria Abril

My current companion, Gerard de Battista, is the father of my two sons.

Victoria Abril

My first vocation was dance.

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My only friends were boys, and I was just one more of them.

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On my fifth film, it was then that I stopped dancing.

Victoria Abril

Psychiatrists don't solve anything from one day to the next.

Victoria Abril

The actress they'd hired had refused to appear naked in front of the camera. I didn't like to appear naked either, but the first thing I did was take off my clothes and jump into the pool completely naked.

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The director had come to Madrid to court me.

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The director took my face in his hands and asked me to show him my teeth, as with a horse. This happened on a Wednesday, and by the following Monday I was shooting.

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Author Bio

  • NameVictoria Abril
  • DescriptionActor
  • BornJuly 4, 1959
  • CountrySpain
  • ProfessionActor; Singer; Jazz Musician
  • AwardsGoya Award For Best Actress