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.
- Victoria Abril
Dancing, About, Classes, Dance Classes
You can fake your age or mask it, but the passion that moves the characters has to be real.
- Victoria Abril
Be Real, Moves, Characters, Fake
The director had come to Madrid to court me.
- Victoria Abril
Me, Director, Had, Madrid
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.
- Victoria Abril
Hands, Director, Took, Wednesday
Psychiatrists don't solve anything from one day to the next.
- Victoria Abril
Next, One Day, Solve, Psychiatrists
Acting is the work of two people - it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of a director.
- Victoria Abril
Work, Two People, Director, Complicity
Keep your ears open, your eyes open, grab everything you can, react, and learn!
- Victoria Abril
Learn, Ears, Keep, Grab
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.
- Victoria Abril
Dancing, Very, Films, Bums
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.
- Victoria Abril
Makeup, Dress, Explosive, Duel
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.
- Victoria Abril
Naked, Had, Either, Hired
On my fifth film, it was then that I stopped dancing.
- Victoria Abril
Dancing, Film, Stopped, Fifth
The film kept me from working as a secretary. It was a real stroke of luck. A miracle.
- Victoria Abril
Luck, Me, Secretary, Stroke
When you have to get into the character each morning, give it your voice, your face, it was torture.
- Victoria Abril
Voice, Give, Your, Each Morning
I'm a small and normal girl, and stories like mine no one likes to tell. Fortunately so, because I wouldn't like to play myself.
- Victoria Abril
Small, Play, Mine, Fortunately
My current companion, Gerard de Battista, is the father of my two sons.
- Victoria Abril
Father, Companion, Sons, Current
I'd heard it was dangerous to walk around Miami.
- Victoria Abril
Dangerous, Heard, Around, Miami
My first vocation was dance.
- Victoria Abril
Dance, First, Vocation
When I said I was going to audition for a film, I got a hearty laugh from all my family.
- Victoria Abril
Film, Going, Hearty, Audition
My only friends were boys, and I was just one more of them.
- Victoria Abril
More, Only, Were, Just One
There's nothing more human than two people making love.
- Victoria Abril
Love, More, Making, Two People
I like men with some belly who are a little over the hill.
- Victoria Abril
Hill, Some, Over, Belly
People love coming on television, even if they have to show their miseries.
- Victoria Abril
Love, Television, Even, Miseries
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