Victoria Abril
Victoria Abril
Victoria Abrilis a Spanish film actress and singer. She is best known to international audiences for her performance in the movie ¡Átame!by director Pedro Almodóvar...
NationalitySpanish
ProfessionActress
Date of Birth4 July 1959
CountrySpain
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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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When I was 6, I held on to my mother's skirt, screaming that I wanted to be a dancer. She enrolled me in an academy in Madrid when I turned 8.
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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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The film kept me from working as a secretary. It was a real stroke of luck. A miracle.
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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.