You cannot live your life looking at yourself from someone else's point of view. Penelope Cruz More Quotes by Penelope Cruz More Quotes From Penelope Cruz Nothing 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 Cruz eightblackcat If I read a script and the subject stays with me - then that's when I want to go to work. Before, I was very addicted to being on set, and I was doing three or four movies a year for many years. Now, fortunately, I can go to work only when I am passionate about a project, and the rest of the time, I can live my life. I'm not interested in doing movies just as a marathon. When I go to work now, I have much more to give. But the other way, you get empty. Penelope Cruz marathonpassionategiving the older I am, the more I refuse to treat my work as therapy and the more I think it's less honest to do that, less about acting. When I was younger, I sometimes used personal things in creating characters, to the point where I thought maybe it was a little bit dangerous - at least for me. But I don't feel that somebody can only be good in a character if they are really becoming that person or really suffering. Penelope Cruz sufferingcharacterthinking I feel like I've been very lucky with the directors. The characters I've been offered, especially lately, have given me the opportunity to play all of these different women. I always wanted that, and it's something that you cannot do by yourself. If you want to play a diversity of characters, somebody else has to have the imagination to give you a role completely out of the box. We depend on somebody else's trust, and these directors are giving me their trust, and I am grateful for that. Penelope Cruz gratefulopportunitycharacter When I read a script, I try not to judge the characters. I try to have an open mind and really see what it makes me feel. Penelope Cruz judgingmindcharacter 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. Penelope Cruz disciplineyogayears I don't do Twitter, Facebook; none of that. My email I do from my Blackberry or my iPhone. Penelope Cruz blackberriesemailiphone I had things with numbers - because I love numbers - but it's not something I'm proud of. I'm proud that I was able to send them away, because you're much more present. Penelope Cruz ableproudnumbers I like roles that people don't recognize me in. Penelope Cruz rolespeople Especially when you are advertising a product, I talk to the photographer and we create a character - it always gives you more freedom because it makes it less about yourself. Penelope Cruz photographergivingcharacter I never grew up dreaming about a wedding - I don't think about things like that. I don't know how to explain it. All I care about is to be happy. Penelope Cruz marriagedreamthinking I would always cast Meryl Streep for everything. I would do with something inspired by the work of Guy Bourdin, my favorite photographer. Penelope Cruz inspiredguyphotographer 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. Penelope Cruz usedkindyoung I can cook a few things. I always save the same recipes to impress my friends, and I always do two or three things, so they think I can cook. But I don't know how to do anything else. Penelope Cruz impressthinking Calcutta is like another world. People there are very special and grateful. Penelope Cruz gratefulspecialpeople The 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 Cruz dancerdisciplinefall I really think insecurity is something that comes with being an actor - I don't know actors who aren't insecure. I do think I kind of lie to myself - there is a percentage of ego involved. And I don't say that's a bad thing - it's good to know that it's there whether we like it or not. But ego is like a lion that we have to keep under control. Penelope Cruz insecurelyingthinking I was 11 when I first said I wanted to become an actress, and everyone looked at me as if I had said I wanted to go to the moon. Penelope Cruz actressesmoonfirsts I try to look at the whole thing and say 'yes' to the projects that I cannot stop thinking about. If I read a script and the subject stays with me - then that's when I want to go to work. Penelope Cruz tryinglooksthinking I came to New York to study ballet and English. Penelope Cruz balletstudynew-york
