When I'm Writing, I Don't Put Faces

It's A Pity That I Can Never Really Enjoy My Movies Because, After The Mixing, Your Capacity As A Spectator Just Disappears. I Have To Think About What I Felt Just Before The Mixing.

The Flower Of My Secret Is Definitely More Based In True Emotions. I Also Wanted To Make Something More Realistic, But Not Naturalistic Or Simple.

All My Movies Have An Autobiographical Dimension, But That Is Indirectly, Through The Characters. In Fact I Am Behind Everything That Happens And That Is Said, But I Am Never Talking About Myself In First Person. Something In Me - Probably A Dislike Of Cheap Exhibitionism- Stops Me From Approaching A Project Too Autobiographically.

Both Sex And Death Are Eternal Themes. You Could Make Thousands Of Movies On This Theme, And Whether You Have A Human Being Who Is Painting, Singing, Making A Film, Writing, These Are The Themes That You Will Come Back To And Return To. If You Don't Have Any Of These Artistic Expressions, Sex Is One Of The Only Gifts That Nature Gave You For Free, So It Is Very Important To Celebrate It. And Then, With Death, We Are Condemned To That. This Is Absolutely Present In Our Lives.

As A Woman, She [penelope Cruz] Obviously Has Changed As She Has Become An Adult. But, As An Actress, I Actually Might Say That She Has Not Changed That Much. And She Has Something Great, Especially In Comedy, And She Hasn't Been Exploited As Much As She Could Be In Comedy, But Particularly In That Mix Between Comedy And Drama. She's Got A Very Special Quality About Her. You Can Place Her In Very Extreme Situations, Especially Very Painful Situations, In Terms Of How Her Character Interprets It. And Sometimes, The Deeper And More Human That Pain Is, The Better She Is At It.