A biography for Penelope Cruzhasn’t been written yet.
“You cannot live your life looking at yourself from someone else's point of view.”
“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 can have all three religions at once and it's okay!”
“It's great working with my sister, because we are very close as a family - my brother, my sister and myself. We have a great relationship.”
“There's so much more I want to do. I refuse to get to 50 and wait at home for the phone to ring.”
“For 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona,' for example, Woody Allen is one of the greatest American directors, and we really had a very good working relationship. We understand each other really well. He gave me one of the best opportunities somebody has ever given me in my career.”
“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.”
“The most important lesson I've learned in this business is how to say no. I have said no to a lot of temptations, and I am glad I did.”
“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.”
“In Spain, actresses work until they are old. That's my plan.”
“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.”
“There are so many designers that I love, and I'm so lucky that I get to work with so many of them and sometimes spend time with them.”
“I only drive in movies. I know that's very weird to hear for an American. I have a weird relationship with it. I know how to drive, but I never went to take the test.”
“I always knew I wanted a family because of the way I grew up. Family has always been the most important thing.”
“I never want to lie about my age. If I look around at the actresses I admire, they are all women who have not fought growing older, but embraced it and been proud of it - women like Sophia Loren or Audrey Hepburn.”
“I won't go to places where you're going to find more attention. I go to the opposite.”
“I am not somebody who likes to give advice, or anything like that, unless it's my closest friends or family.”
“I came to Los Angeles for the first time in 1994. I spoke no English. I only knew how to say two sentences: 'How are you?' and 'I want to work with Johnny Depp.'”
“I want to be remembered as somebody that tried to respect her integrity as an artist and as a person. And I don't want to be in any box. I don't want to be one thing.”
“As a kid, I had a lot of energy; but the ballet lessons made me calm - this pleased my mother.”
“Johnny Depp is so special that he is like a Martian. In fact, that's what I call him, Martian.”