I Don't Know How To

I Don't Think An Actor Needs To Necessarily Go Through His Things To Do His Job. I Think It's Way More Important To Imagine. And Then, When You're Imagining, Your Experiences, Your Images And Your Own Personal Things Will Show Up, But You Keep Imagining. You Don't Get Stuck In Your Own Personal Things, Otherwise You Are Telling Your Story In Every Character, And That's Not Interesting For Anybody.

I Look At Myself, And I See A Spanish Person Who's Trying To Be Understood By An English-speaking Audience And Is Putting A Lot Of Energy Into That, Instead Of Into Expressing Himself Freely And Feeling Comfortable.

In 22 Years Of Acting, I've Only Done Two Movies Where I, Personally, Kill People. The Coens Called Me The Spanish Ballerina On (the No Country For Old Men) Set, Because Every Time I Had The Gun, When They Called Cut, I'd Give It Back And Say, 'take This S**t Out Of My Hands!' There Were Laughing, Like They Couldn't Believe I Was Supposed To Be The Villain.

Some Quality Performances And Movies Have A Chance To Be Rewarded, But It's Not Like It's A Bible.

The Earliest Memories I Have From My Childhood Are Of My Mum Getting Ready To Go On Stage. I Must Have Been About Five And I Would Watch Her Vomiting Backstage On Opening Night, And Then The Next Minute She Became Isabella, The Queen Of Spain. At The Time I Remember Thinking, 'what Kind Of Schizophrenic Job Is This?' Now It All Makes Sense.