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 some…

- Penelope Cruz

The most difficult thing in the world is to start a career known only for your looks, and then to try to become a serious actress. No one will take y…

- Penelope Cruz

Sometimes I feel we express more with dancing or acting or painting than with words.

- Penelope Cruz

We need to stop the dying and start the living; stop the hunger and start the hoping.

- Penelope Cruz

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

- Penelope Cruz

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.

- Penelope Cruz

When you really have the preparation time and things start taking the shape that they need, you have a beautiful feeling that comes from the hard wor…

- Penelope Cruz

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 som…

- Penelope Cruz

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

- Penelope Cruz