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I Love The Italian Culture, It's A Beautiful Culture. I Love The Language, The Italian People, Their Music, Their Attitudes... I Just Love It! Sometimes, I Think I'm An Italian Trapped In A Spanish Woman's Body.

I Came To Los Angeles For The First Time In 1994. I Spoke No English. I Only Knew How To Say Two Sentences: "how Are You?" And "i Want To Work With Johnny Depp."

We Had A Great Connection With Pedro Almodovar From The Beginning. Even Before I Met Him, It Was So Strange. I Felt Like I Already Knew Him. I Loved Him Even Before I Met Him. It Was So Powerful. And When I Looked At Him In The Eyes, This Was The Feeling That I Knew I Was Going To Have With Him. It Gets Bigger And Bigger Every Day. I Adore Him. It's Much More Than Working Together. He's A Really Special Person In My Life.

My Parents Owned A Hair Salon, So I Learned A Few Tricks There. I Can Cut People's Hair - If They Let Me.

As A Kid, I Had A Lot Of Energy; But The Ballet Lessons Made Me Calm - This Pleased My Mother.