Victoria Abril Professions : Film actress Born : July 4, 1959 Browse All Authors Top 25 quotes by Victoria Abril You can fake your age or mask it, but the passion that moves the characters has to be real. Victoria Abril fake-people real moving When I said I was going to audition for a film, I got a hearty laugh from all my family. Victoria Abril auditions film laughing My first vocation was dance. Victoria Abril vocation firsts Acting is the work of two people - it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of a director. Victoria Abril acting two people When you have to get into the character each morning, give it your voice, your face, it was torture. Victoria Abril voice morning character The director took my face in his hands and asked me to show him my teeth, as with a horse. This happened on a Wednesday, and by the following Monday I was shooting. Victoria Abril horse monday hands On my fifth film, it was then that I stopped dancing. Victoria Abril fifth film dancing People love coming on television, even if they have to show their miseries. Victoria Abril misery people television Psychiatrists don't solve anything from one day to the next. Victoria Abril psychiatrist next one-day There's nothing more human than two people making love. Victoria Abril making-love two people My only friends were boys, and I was just one more of them. Victoria Abril just-one boys My current companion, Gerard de Battista, is the father of my two sons. Victoria Abril two father son Keep your ears open, your eyes open, grab everything you can, react, and learn! Victoria Abril eye ears I chose the most explosive dress I could find. I put a ton of makeup on and some great round earrings. I looked like Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun. Victoria Abril makeup dresses sun I really wanted to work and become independent. Victoria Abril independent-women independent wanted For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses. Victoria Abril actresses roles careers Compared to dancing, films seemed to me to be the work of lay bums. There was no physical pain; it was enough to say and imagine what was in the script. It was very easy for me. Victoria Abril scripts pain dancing I like men with some belly who are a little over the hill. Victoria Abril hills littles men I went to dance classes from 9 in the morning until 1, then to school from 3 to 10 at night, always under the threat that if I failed a single course I could forget about dancing. Victoria Abril morning night school I'm a small and normal girl, and stories like mine no one likes to tell. Fortunately so, because I wouldn't like to play myself. Victoria Abril girl stories play Similar Authors Isabella Rossellini film-actress Izabella Scorupco film-actress Betty Buckley film-actress Bipasha Basu film-actress Butterfly McQueen film-actress Bryce Dallas Howard film-actress All Authors
