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Victoria Abril is a Spanish actress born on July 4, 1959. She is known for her work in both Spanish and international films, gaining fame for her roles in movies like Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! and The Flower of My Secret. Abril's talent and versatility have earned her critical acclaim and several awards throughout her career. She continues to act and is recognized as a prominent figure in Spanish cinema.
"My first vocation was dance."
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"My first vocation was dance."

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

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

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

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"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."
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"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."

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

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"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."
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"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."

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"The director had come to Madrid to court me."
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"The director had come to Madrid to court me."

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

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"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."
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"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."

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"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."
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"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."

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

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

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

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

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"I really wanted to work and become independent."
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"I really wanted to work and become independent."

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

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

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"Acting is the work of two people-it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of a director."
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"Acting is the work of two people-it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of a director."

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"I had to gain weight until I looked like a seal so I could compete with the real whores who played the other roles. I was fat as a barrel."
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"I had to gain weight until I looked like a seal so I could compete with the real whores who played the other roles. I was fat as a barrel."

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

Men,
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"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."
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"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."

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

Day,
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