As an actress, I really love people like Anna Magnani and Debra Winger. I also think there is nobody better than Meryl Streep.
Penelope CruzI have food every day on the table, I have a family, friends, health - all the things without which it wouldn't matter how many roles I get to play.
Penelope CruzThe 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 CruzNothing 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.
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 CruzThe one philosophy or religion I find I am most close to is the Buddhist one. I think it is the one that respects others and the one that doesn't say that this is the only way. I think happiness is the moment when - if you've forgotten those little things - they suddenly come back into focus for you.
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