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.
Interpretation
True beauty comes from the experiences and stories of a person’s life, not from superficial enhancements.
In this quote, Penelope Cruz reflects on the beauty of aging and the stories that each wrinkle represents. She suggests that the natural process of growing old, marked by experiences and wisdom, is more valuable than the artificial beauty created through cosmetic procedures, emphasizing a preference for authenticity over superficiality.
In practice
In a speech about the importance of self-acceptance and aging gracefully.
I _x000D_ would close down all those teenage magazines that encourage young _x000D_ girls to diet. Who says that to be pretty you have to be thin? Some _x000D_ people look better thin and some don't. There is almost a standard being _x000D_ created where only thin is acceptable. The influence of those _x000D_ magazines on girls as young as 13 is horrific.
You can be gorgeous at thirty, charming at forty, and irresistible for the rest of your life.
To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the first fifteen years of her life than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive.
I truly, truly believe that beauty is something that comes from within.
It matters more what's in a woman's face than what's on it.
There is one order of beauty which seems made to turn heads. It is a beauty like that of kittens, or very small downy ducks making gentle rippling noises with their soft bills, or babies just beginning to toddle.
I grew up in a world where a woman who looks like me, with my kind of skin and my kind of hair, was never considered to be beautiful.
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