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

On my fifth film, it was then that I stopped dancing.

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

When I said I was going to audition for a film, I got a hearty laugh from all my family.

The director had come to Madrid to court me.

The director took my face in his hands and asked me to show him my teeth, as with a horse. This happened on a Wednesday, and by the following Monday I was shooting.