Penelope Cruz Quotes
Top 60 wise famous quotes and sayings by Penelope Cruz
Penelope Cruz Famous Quotes & Sayings
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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.
Awards are great, as you get to meet up with friends and colleagues from your industry - a sort of reunion.
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.
My parents owned a hair salon, so I learned a few tricks there. I can cut people's hair - if they let me.
Nothing is going to happen to you if you throw salt on the floor, stand under a ladder, or see eight black cats on the street.
I always knew I wanted a family because of the way I grew up. Family has always been the most important thing.
I would always cast Meryl Streep for everything. I would do with something inspired by the work of Guy Bourdin, my favorite photographer.
My first fear was about the devil, when I was around fire, something I saw in a movie. I think it's about pain, in whichever form it comes.
I have a little bit of an addiction to work. So I'm always hiding in the bathroom with my Blackberry to work when I'm on holiday.
Maybe I'll make one movie a year, maybe two, but it's not going to be more than that because I have other priorities now.
I can cook a little bit. I can cook a few Spanish dishes. But, in movies, it looks like I cook much better than I cook.
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.
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.
I have fear, always, on the set. Insecurity to the point where the first week I always think I could be fired. I think that's a fear most actors have.
I was very superstitious when I was a teenager, and I had to fight against that because it made me feel anxious.
When I was 16 or 17, when I started, I never even considered not doing a project. I just wanted to work.
There is a part of your brain that has to stop when you're acting. You have to be in the moment and dare to fly. Words can't be on your mind.
I think magic is very related to happiness. So it is not there all the time, but there are beautiful moments of magic in everyone's life.
I was 11 when I first said I wanted to become an actress, and everyone looked at me as if I had said I wanted to go to the moon.
I spend so much time living by myself - mostly in hotels - and I pick up cats when I'm feeling particularly lonely.
I am not somebody who likes to give advice, or anything like that, unless it's my closest friends or family.
I never grew up dreaming about a wedding - I don't think about things like that. I don't know how to explain it. All I care about is to be happy.
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.
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.
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.
I really like the Caribbean. Anyplace in the Caribbean. I get there, and I feel like a monkey - the perfect state.
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.
As an actress, I really love people like Anna Magnani and Debra Winger. I also think there is nobody better than Meryl Streep.
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.