"I am amazed about how everyone wants to know about my love life. They whisper to me, 'Tell me the truth? Is it true?' Who cares? Because we have this job, we are to say to everybody what we do, or with whom we sleep? It's a bit absurd, but that's why everybody lies so much." - Penelope Cruz
"I had a horrible, horrible breakdown. It was just huge, like the worst period of my life, and it lasted for a couple of months." - Penelope Cruz
"I have stepped off the relationship scene to come to terms with myself. I have spent most of my adult life being 'someone's girlfriend', and now I am happy being single." - Penelope Cruz
"I like roles that people don't recognize me in." - Penelope Cruz
"Johnny Depp is so special that he is like a Martian. In fact, that's what I call him, Martian." - Penelope Cruz
"My ambition is to be happy." - Penelope Cruz
"The most difficult thing in the world is to start a career known only for your looks, and then to try to become a serious actress. No one will take you seriously once you are known as the pretty woman." - Penelope Cruz
"The most important lesson I've learned in this business is how to say no. I have said no to a lot of temptations, and I am glad I did." - Penelope Cruz
