The film kept me from working as a secretary. It was a real stroke of luck. A miracle.

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People love coming on television, even if they have to show their miseries.

People love coming on television, even if they have to show their miseries.

When I said I was going to audition for a film, I got a hearty...

When I said I was going to audition for a film, I got a hearty...

The director took my face in his hands and asked me to show him my...

The director took my face in his hands and asked me to show him my...

For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.

For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.

I'm a small and normal girl, and stories like mine no one likes to tell....

I'm a small and normal girl, and stories like mine no one likes to tell....

I'd heard it was dangerous to walk around Miami.

I'd heard it was dangerous to walk around Miami.

Keep your ears open, your eyes open, grab everything you can, react, and learn!

Keep your ears open, your eyes open, grab everything you can, react, and learn!

My only friends were boys, and I was just one more of them.

My only friends were boys, and I was just one more of them.

I really wanted to work and become independent.

I really wanted to work and become independent.

My current companion, Gerard de Battista, is the father of my two sons.

My current companion, Gerard de Battista, is the father of my two sons.

Compared to dancing, films seemed to me to be the work of lay bums. There...

Compared to dancing, films seemed to me to be the work of lay bums. There...

Psychiatrists don't solve anything from one day to the next.

Psychiatrists don't solve anything from one day to the next.

When you have to get into the character each morning, give it your voice, your...

When you have to get into the character each morning, give it your voice, your...

I had to gain weight until I looked like a seal so I could compete...

I had to gain weight until I looked like a seal so I could compete...

Acting is the work of two people-it's only possible when you have the complicity, the...

Acting is the work of two people-it's only possible when you have the complicity, the...

My first vocation was dance.

My first vocation was dance.

The director had come to Madrid to court me.

The director had come to Madrid to court me.

I went to dance classes from 9 in the morning until 1, then to school...

I went to dance classes from 9 in the morning until 1, then to school...

You can fake your age or mask it, but the passion that moves the characters...

You can fake your age or mask it, but the passion that moves the characters...

There's nothing more human than two people making love.

There's nothing more human than two people making love.