When you really have the preparation time and things start taking the shape that they need, you have a beautiful feeling that comes from the hard work.
Penelope CruzI was happy that I finally could play a mature woman, because I started working when I was a teenager and was always playing characters according to my age.
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.
Penelope CruzI realized that when two people function well together at work, it doesn't matter if they hadn't seen each other for years. What they had before was still intact.
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