I love my country. And I would have to renounce my Spanish citizenship to become a U.S. Citizen.

It's a character that I always found really likable. I'm fond of Zorro because he was a popular figure who worked for the people.

I've never worried about what audiences would accept or had a game plan regarding the career. I never had an idea of how I should look to my fans or anybody else.

Expectation is the mother of all frustration.

I'm a complete hypochondriac. If my heart starts beating a little faster than normal, I think I'm having an attack.

Everything changes as you get older - your mind, your body, the way you view the world.

I do yoga every morning, then I run for half an hour and take a sauna.

Whatever happens in my life from now on, I know the day I finally die - the final act of my script - people will always make references to the work I’ve done with Almodóvar.

It was an honor and privilege to arrive to this country 16 years ago with almost no money in my pocket. A lot has happened since then.

I like going everywhere. And I love starting new things.

[Pablo] Picasso was born in my hometown, in Málaga, so I have this of strange connection with his persona and with what he did. He left Málaga, practically at the same time and age that I did.

Why, you are a man of heart!""Sometimes, " replied Phileas Fogg, quietly. "When I have the time.

When it comes to words, rather than using our own voice, authentic and unpracticed, we steal someone else's to shield our fear.

The easiest kind of relationship for me is with ten thousand people. The hardest is with one.

My tactic is to make eyes at someone.

In Spain, attempting to obtain a chicken salad sandwich, you wind up with a dish whose name, when you look it up in your Spanish-English dictionary, turns out to mean: Eel with big abcess.

The assumption is that your personal life has to be a mess to create, but how much chaos can you allow in before it takes over?

I don't like the word 'strong,' because a strong character is never an interesting character. A character is made interesting by their vulnerabilities and their weaknesses.

I eat many different ice creams. I'm not an ice cream snob, although I do think Ben & Jerry's is the best. But I'm happy to eat anybody's ice cream, really. As long as it's good.

I think most dancers would agree that the art of ballet chooses the dancer, not the other way around.

When disaster waves, I try not to wave back.