Penélope Cruz

Penélope Cruz Sánchez (born April 28, 1974), nicknamed simply Pe, is a Spanish actress named after a song by Joan Manuel Serrat.

Cinema.com interview (2001)

 * "Captain Corelli's Mandolin : Interview With Penélope Cruz" at Cinema.com


 * I like roles that people don't recognize me in. … People are always telling me I'm sexy, but I don't think those things about myself. I know I've been coquettish since I was three years old. I like clothes and I like seduction in general, but I am like that with everybody; children, dogs, men and women. I admit I want people to like me — who doesn't ? But not for just the outside.


 * 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.


 * The good thing is that I have always had wonderful people around me. It's dangerous when you start earning a lot of money and you become famous when you are too young.


 * I think magic is very related to happiness. So it is not there all the time, but there are beautiful moments of magic in everyone's life.