Penelope Cruz

“There was a point where I was making four movies a year. I was always on a set. I had no stories to tell. I was feeling empty. My life was just luggage and hotels and from set to set, from c...”

“Making a living out of acting sounded like science-fiction when I was growing up. I didn't know anyone around me who lived from anything related to art.”

“I love Spanish food. My diet is the Mediterranean diet, which is good food. I eat well.”

“The most difficult thing in the world is to start a career known only for your looks, and then to try to become a serious actress. No one will take you seriously once you are known as the pr...”

“The thing that really makes me happy is the real work and rehearsing and creating the character and the process of making the movie. Hollywood's not real.”

“Ever since I was a little girl, I've worried too much. It always bothers me because sometimes you end up worrying more about the worry and you are not resolving things that are right there i...”

“Awards are great, as you get to meet up with friends and colleagues from your industry - a sort of reunion.”

“I don't know why, but women in a hair salon share their deepest secrets.”

“My parents owned a hair salon, so I learned a few tricks there. I can cut people's hair - if they let me.”

“I was raised Catholic, but then I discovered Buddhism, and I used to have a boyfriend who was a Scientologist, and they are all good religions that help people. As far as I'm concerned, you...”

“I used to dance for seventeen years -classical ballet, which was very disciplined. I like yoga and Pilates, but I don't have the discipline to go to the gym.”

“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.”