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The good thing is that I have always had wonderful people around me. It's dangerous when you start earning a lot of money and you become famous when you are too young.

— Penélope Cruz Cinema.com interview (2001)

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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.

Cinema.com interview (2001)

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

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The discipline that ballet requires is obsessive. And only the ones who dedicate their whole lives are able to make it. Your toenails fall off and you peel them away and then you're asked to dance again and keep smiling. I wanted to become a professional ballet dancer.

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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