Penélope Cruz Quotes

Penélope Cruz Sánchez is a Spanish actress and model. Signed by an agent at the age of 15, she made her acting debut at 16 on television, and her feature film debut the following year in Jamón Jamón . Her subsequent roles in the 1990s and 2000s included Belle Epoque , Open Your Eyes , The Hi-Lo Country , The Girl of Your Dreams , and Woman on Top . Cruz achieved recognition for her lead roles in the 2001 films Vanilla Sky, All the Pretty Horses, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, and Blow. She has three Academy Award nominations, and one win.

She has since appeared in a wide variety of films, including the comedy Waking Up in Reno , the thriller Gothika , the Christmas film Noel , the action-adventure films Sahara and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides , the romantic comedy To Rome with Love , the crime drama The Counselor , and the mystery film Murder on the Orient Express . She was praised for her roles in Volver and Nine , receiving Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations for each. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2008 for playing volatile painter María Elena in Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona. She is the first Spanish actress to win an Academy Award, as well as the first Spanish actress to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2018, Cruz made her American television debut as Italian fashion designer Donatella Versace in the FX series The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie.

Cruz has modelled for Mango, Ralph Lauren, Chanel and L'Oréal, and along with her younger sister Mónica Cruz, has designed clothing for Mango. Cruz has volunteered in Uganda and India, where she spent one week working with Mother Teresa; she donated her salary from The Hi-Lo Country to help fund the late nun's mission. Wikipedia  

✵ 28. April 1974
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Famous Penélope Cruz Quotes

“I like roles that people don't recognize me in.”

Cinema.com interview (2001)
Context: 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.”

Cinema.com interview (2001)
Context: 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.

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