190 Quotes by Penelope Cruz

I like roles that people don’t recognize me in.

I just try not to label myself in any way. I just have an allergy to labels in general. I can tell you that I am surrounded by very strong women and that I really appreciate that, but I’d rather not label myself.

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.

My definition of beauty is without rules. It can be the face of a beautiful 90-year-old woman that is full of stories and emotion. Beauty is what somebody’s eyes communicate.

My parents owned a hair salon, so I learned a few tricks there. I can cut people’s hair – if they let me.

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.

I’ve seen my grandmothers grow old and they are so beautiful, every wrinkle in their face tells a story. I want to feel that in 30 years. I would always choose that kind of beauty over that comes from having too much done to yourself.

I have a little bit of an addiction to work. So I’m always hiding in the bathroom with my Blackberry to work when I’m on holiday.

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.’