Quotes from Victoria Abril


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


I went to dance classes from 9 in the morning until 1, then to school from 3 to 10 at night, always under the threat that if I failed a single course I could forget about dancing.


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


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


I really wanted to work and become independent.


I didn't go to school a lot.


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


The actress they'd hired had refused to appear naked in front of the camera. I didn't like to appear naked either, but the first thing I did was take off my clothes and jump into the pool completely naked.


I chose the most explosive dress I could find. I put a ton of makeup on and some great round earrings. I looked like Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun.


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


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


The director had come to Madrid to court me.


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


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


My first vocation was dance.


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


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


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


Compared to dancing, films seemed to me to be the work of lay bums. There was no physical pain; it was enough to say and imagine what was in the script. It was very easy for me.


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