Penelope Cruz Kisses Meryl Streep Every Time She Sees Her

By PopEater Staff Posted Dec 3rd 2009 11:02AM

In a candid chat with Interview magazine -- conducted by her 'Nine' co-star Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz talks about her female role models and how much she loves Meryl Streep. "Whenever I see her, I always go up to her and start kissing her. I don't even say anything -- I just kiss her. She must think I'm some crazy person," she says of Streep. Cruz also discusses her first encounter with movies, her relationship with Pedro Almodovar with whom she's done four films, and her career. More Quotes and Gorgeous Exclusive Pics After the Jump!

On movies: "I don't remember the first one [I ever saw], but I remember that my father bought a huge Betamax machine, and that was very rare in our neighborhood at the time. We didn't have a theater nearby, but with the Betamax machine, I would go and rent these huge tapes that were bigger than me, and I would watch them over and over again. So my first relationship with cinema wasn't going to see the movies at the theater -- it was this machine."

Her working relationship with Pedro Almodovar: "There is a trust that we've had for so many years, but we don't gossip. We don't talk about our private lives so much. There is a line that we put there without planning. It just happened in a natural way, to protect the work -- I think that this comes out of an intuition from both of us to want to keep a balance in our lives."

On Meryl Streep: "There is nobody better than Meryl Streep. I watch her movies over and over again -- I saw 'Silkwood' again a couple of weeks ago, and it made me just want to kiss her feet. We only know each other from seeing each other at awards ceremonies or those kinds of events, but whenever I see her, I always go up to her and start kissing her. I don't even say anything -- I just kiss her. She must think I'm some crazy person."

Her career: "I feel like I've been very lucky with the directors. The characters I've been offered, especially lately, have given me the opportunity to play all of these different women. I always wanted that, and it's something that you cannot do by yourself. If you want to play a diversity of characters, somebody else has to have the imagination to give you a role completely out of the box."

For the Full Chat and More Photos, Visit InterviewMagazine.com

Tags: marion cotillard, MarionCotillard, Meryl Streep, MerylStreep, Pedro Almodovar, PedroAlmodovar, Penelope Cruz, PenelopeCruz

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Thursday 03 December

By Partygirl

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Penelope Cruz is an exquisite woman and actress. She has outstanding talents that remind me of a young Sophia Loren.

By Dontbetonit

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Isn't she the one that nurses strange babies at random? That's just gross! She's just another spainish actor who can't speak good English and whose acting is marginal at best. Sophis Loren? In her dreams!

By Dee

I guess neither do you...

By Trish

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She has never had children so "nursing"? She is from Spain and her accent is charming.

By jojo

You're confusing her with Selma Hayek

By Janet B

You are thinking of Salma Hayek, and don't be such a racist! She is a good actress.

By kazi

What's all the flap? Tiger is human!! Most of my life was lived in Academia,
worlds best playground for cheaters of all sexes. Every year brought a new crop of the beautiful Freshmen. At 80, I don't know anyone, of any sex, that
hadn't cheated. Tiger, I'd not say another word. It's nobodies business. Let the needy live vicariously on celebs who love to be in print.
Go do what you do best. Play golf. Keep winning. Peace. You did your mia culpa.

What about his family? He has a lovely wife and two beautiful children. How do you think his wife feels? She's human, I'm not so sure he is. And he is weird, no wonder he never smiles, he's a cheat and a liar.

By jaba

Penelope can kiss me anytime!!!!!!

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