Elena Anaya
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Elena Anaya
Elena Anaya Gutiérrezis a Spanish actress whose career dates back to 1995. She starred alongside Antonio Banderas in Pedro Almodóvar's The Skin I Live In. In 2010, she became widely known for her leading role in the erotic-lesbian romance film Habitación en Roma...
NationalitySpanish
ProfessionActress
Date of Birth17 July 1975
CountrySpain
rabbits i-can
I can hypnotize rabbits.
talking tables sitting
I hope to be 70 and sitting at the table with journalists, talking about my films.
growing-up fall accepting
I hope to grow up and see myself accepting myself and accepting time going by and everything falls.
trying roles care
I never go to a gym unless I have to for a role, a contract. I try to take care of myself as a human being, not because I have to be in front of the camera.
jobs thinking giving
I think I am incredibly generous with how much I give to my projects, but that's my generosity with the job.
growing-up years growing
I'm 36 years old, and I'm growing up. Little by little.
feels
I'm not 20 anymore, and I feel it.
boys firsts sometimes
No one told me about boys. I had to figure it out myself. The first thing I learned was that sometimes they grow slower than women mentally.
play complicated dangerous
Surgery is a complicated thing to talk about, but I guess it could also be a dangerous thing to play with if you're not very secure about what you're doing.
mom years remember
I remember saying to my mom, 3 years old, every day, ‘I can fly!’ Living on the ninth floor, it was dangerous.
character dollars stories
Always, your work is the same: You have to tell a story, you have to make a character. It doesn't matter if there are thousands of dollars, millions behind it, or if there is nothing.
want matter cameras
If you have what you want to say inside, and if you are crying for something that is true inside, it doesn't matter. The camera always sees it.
stories want scripts
I always choose my projects for the script or what the director want to tell with that story. And if I like the story.
who-i-am people family-and-friends
I am not generous about telling people who I am and what I like to do because it's my life and it only belongs to me and my friends and family.