Quotes By Penelope Cruz

I came to New York to study ballet and English.

I want to be remembered as somebody that tried to respect her integrity as an artist and as a person. And I don't want to be in any box. I don't want to be one thing.

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.'

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

I am amazed about how everyone wants to know about my love life. They whisper to me, 'Tell me the truth? Is it true?' Who cares? Because we have this job, we are to say to everybody what we do, or with whom we sleep? It's a bit absurd, but that's why everybody lies so much.

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

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

My ambition is to be happy.

I love New York, but being there the whole year, it gets a little crazy with the speed and rhythm of things.

In Spain, actresses work until they are old. That's my plan.

When I start a movie, the first day, I feel like a duck.

I am living for every day and trying to have less fear, less worry. But I have always worried about everything; it's in my nature. It's the thing that makes me suffer the most.

I'm strong and opinionated. Those qualities brought me a lot of problems since I was a little girl in school, saying 'I don't agree' and fighting with the children. It's part of my curiosity for life.

I remember when I got my first opportunity to work in America, I didn't speak a lot of English, so I only really knew my lines for the movie I was doing.

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 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.

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

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 you seriously once you are known as the pretty woman.

Maybe I'll make one movie a year, maybe two, but it's not going to be more than that because I have other priorities now.

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.

Johnny Depp is so special that he is like a Martian. In fact, that's what I call him, Martian.

I want to have babies one day but not right now. When I do it I want to do it really well. I want it to be my best project in life.

I don't know if I believe in marriage. I believe in family, love and children.

There's so much more I want to do. I refuse to get to 50 and wait at home for the phone to ring.

I really like the Caribbean. Anyplace in the Caribbean. I get there, and I feel like a monkey - the perfect state.