190 Quotes by Penelope Cruz

It feels great and it's very beautiful when you can bring someone of your own nationality into a story, where even the historic element of it is important. I loved that I could use my own accent for the character.

One thing that I am proud of: I am really capable of laughing at myself.

It's very much like a torture sometimes, the process of trying to get rid of an accent.

To be able to explore the genre of the musical is nice. It was great to be able to sing professionally, for the first time, and dance, which was something that I did growing up, but I had not done for many, many years.

I have stepped off the relationship scene to come to terms with myself. I have spent most of my adult life being 'someone's girlfriend', and now I am happy being single.

I think superstition has a lot to do with fear: the less, the better.

I have a strong personality, and I say what I think.

You cannot live your life looking at yourself from someone else's point of view.

I have been hearing gossip and lies since I began working. When I was 17, I used to get very angry because I opened a magazine and I saw myself in a picture on a motorcycle, and the headline was, 'I'm getting married next month.'