I Think Most Actors . . .

I Love The Italian Culture, It's A Beautiful Culture. I Love The Language, The Italian People, Their Music, Their Attitudes... I Just Love It! Sometimes, I Think I'm An Italian Trapped In A Spanish Woman's Body.

Sometimes, When Things Go Well On A Set, Or When You Are Working With Somebody Like Pedro Almodovar, Woody Allen, Rob Marshall Or Somebody So Talented And So Inspiring, It's Really Beautiful, What Happens There.

The Older I Am, The More I Refuse To Treat My Work As Therapy And The More I Think It's Less Honest To Do That, Less About Acting. When I Was Younger, I Sometimes Used Personal Things In Creating Characters, To The Point Where I Thought Maybe It Was A Little Bit Dangerous - At Least For Me. But I Don't Feel That Somebody Can Only Be Good In A Character If They Are Really Becoming That Person Or Really Suffering.

I Have Had A Very Singular Kind Of Life Since I Started Working So Young, So I Am Very Used To Traveling, Working, Taking Time For Myself.

Sometimes You Will Do A Close-up For A Scene In The Morning Where You Are Totally Distraught, Then Shoot The Rest Of That Scene Seven Hours Later. How Do You Hang On To That Feeling All Day Without Burning Up, Without Going So Far That You Have Nothing Left To Give When The Cameras Roll Again?