“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.”
“There is a part of your brain that has to stop when you're acting. You have to be in the moment and dare to fly. Words can't be on your mind.”
“I am not somebody who likes to give advice, or anything like that, unless it's my closest friends or family.”
“It's great working with my sister, because we are very close as a family - my brother, my sister and myself. We have a great relationship.”
“For 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona,' for example, Woody Allen is one of the greatest American directors, and we really had a very good working relationship. We understand each other really well. He gave me one of the best opportunities somebody has ever given me in my career.”
“I won't go to places where you're going to find more attention. I go to the opposite.”
“When I was 16 or 17, when I started, I never even considered not doing a project. I just wanted to work.”
“I never want to lie about my age. If I look around at the actresses I admire, they are all women who have not fought growing older, but embraced it and been proud of it - women like Sophia Loren or Audrey Hepburn.”
“I used to dance for seventeen years -classical ballet, which was very disciplined. I like yoga and Pilates, but I don't have the discipline to go to the gym.”
“There was a point where I was making four movies a year. I was always on a set. I had no stories to tell. I was feeling empty. My life was just luggage and hotels and from set to set, from character to character. And one day, I said, 'And where is mine?' You know? And the moment I started to feel that fear, I stopped and I slowed down.”