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.
Penelope CruzI 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.
Penelope CruzThere 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.
Penelope CruzWhen I was on the set, I was not talking on the phone or reading anything else. I was just reading things, listening to music and watching things that had to do with the state of the scene. So it would be a constant, maintaining for the whole day that state. If I had an hour off for lunch, I would put on a movie or something that would help me stay in that area. And at the end of the day, I was like a zombie.
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