Quotes by Penelope Cruz

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.
– Penelope Cruz
I had a horrible, horrible breakdown. It was just huge, like the worst period of my life, and it lasted for a couple of months.
– Penelope Cruz
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.
– Penelope Cruz
I like roles that people don't recognize me in.
– Penelope Cruz
Johnny Depp is so special that he is like a Martian. In fact, that's what I call him, Martian.
– Penelope Cruz
My ambition is to be happy.
– 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 you seriously once you are known as the pretty woman.
– Penelope Cruz
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.
– Penelope Cruz
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.
– Penelope Cruz
I don't know if I believe in marriage. I believe in family, love and children.
– Penelope Cruz