Victoria Abril Quotes

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

Age, Fake, Real

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, Help, Two

I like men with some belly who are a little over the hill.
Victoria Abril

Men, Hill, Belly

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

Eyes, Keep, Learn

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

Love, Show, Coming

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

Career, Written, Played

I really wanted to work and become independent.
Victoria Abril

Work, Become, Wanted

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

Around, Dangerous, Walk

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

Girl, Small, Play

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

Father, Two, Current

My first vocation was dance.
Victoria Abril

Dance, Vocation

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

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

Film, Dancing, Fifth

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

The director had come to Madrid to court me.
Victoria Abril

Director, Court, Madrid

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

Real, Working, Luck

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

Love, Nothing, Human

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

Family, Laugh, Said

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

Morning, Character, Give

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

Work, Pain, Enough

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

Great, Find, Sun

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

Morning, School, Forget

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

Off, Either, Camera

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

Him, Show, Face

Share with your Friends

Everyone likes a good quote - don't forget to share.

Biography

Nationality: Spanish

Born: July 4, 1959

Links

Find on Amazon: Victoria Abril

Cite this Page: Citation

Popular Topics

Friendship Quotes

Motivational Quotes

Inspirational Quotes

Related Authors

Audrey Hepburn
Marilyn Monroe
Mae West
Lana Turner
Judy Garland
Katharine Hepburn
Angelina Jolie
Marlene Dietrich
More

Get Social with BrainyQuote

BrainyQuote Desktop

BrainyQuote Mobile

Site

Quote of the Day

Social

BQ on Pinterest

Syndication

Funny Quote Feed

Love Quote Feed

Nature Quote Feed

About Us