I make movies for my needs. My goal has never, never, never been to make shocking movie. Pedro Almodovar More Quotes by Pedro Almodovar More Quotes From Pedro Almodovar As a woman, she [Penelope Cruz] obviously has changed as she has become an adult. But, as an actress, I actually might say that she has not changed that much. And she has something great, especially in comedy, and she hasn't been exploited as much as she could be in comedy, but particularly in that mix between comedy and drama. She's got a very special quality about her. You can place her in very extreme situations, especially very painful situations, in terms of how her character interprets it. And sometimes, the deeper and more human that pain is, the better she is at it. Pedro Almodovar pain character drama I used this line to demonstrate how important colors are in movies: It's not a caprice. Pedro Almodovar lines color important Whenever I arrive on a real location, I have to move around and work out what the best angles are going to be. Pedro Almodovar work-out real moving The 1980s really ended for me in 1992 with the film Kika. Pedro Almodovar film There is a mysterious stillness and intimacy of a woman doing her hair and make-up which attracts me. Pedro Almodovar mysterious intimacy hair The silent film has a lot of meanings. The first part of the film is comic. It represents the burlesque feel of those silent films. But I think that the second part of the film is full of tenderness and emotion. Pedro Almodovar silent-films firsts thinking Venice... is the place where I was born (made) as a director. For me this is something very special. Pedro Almodovar entertainment It was a relief, but it is a dangerous thing to play with your own life and turn it into fiction. Pedro Almodovar entertainment Whenever I arrive on a real location, I have to move around and work out what the best angles are going to be. When I was moving around with the lens, I discovered things that the naked eye would not have. Pedro Almodovar best eye work moving My directors of photography light my films, but the colours of the sets, furnishings, clothes, hairstyles - that's me. Everything that's in front of the camera, I bring you. Pedro Almodovar me you clothes light In fact, it was the women in our house who were in the saddle. If men are the gods, women are not only the presidents but all the ministers of the government. Pedro Almodovar women government house men I think decor says a lot about someone's social position, their taste, their sensibility, their work - and also about the aesthetic way I have chosen to tell their story. Pedro Almodovar think aesthetic work way I think it's a change that I did not intend at the time but it is clear that, from The Flower of My Secret on, there is a change in my films. A lot of the journalists have very generously attributed this to my growing maturity. Pedro Almodovar maturity flower change time With this silent film, I wanted to hide what was going on in the clinic. I wanted to cover it up in the best cinematic way and in an entertaining manner. Pedro Almodovar hide best silent way All my movies have an autobiographical dimension, but that is indirectly, through the personages. In fact, I am behind everything that happens and that is said, but I am never talking about myself in first person singular. Pedro Almodovar i-am movies never myself