Penelope Cruz feels uncomfortable when called beautiful
The actress does not like to draw attention to her appearance or to have to think about her appearance.
Penelope Cruz admitted that she feels "uncomfortable" when called beautiful. The 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona' actress, who has two children: Luna, six years old, and Leo, nine, with her husband Javier Bardem, does not like to draw attention to her appearance or have to think about her appearance of her.
When asked how she feels when she describes her as beautiful, she told Red magazine: “Uncomfortable. I don't think of myself in those terms. "
But the 46-year-old star admitted that she now feels much more confident about her appearance than she did when she was younger.
She said: “I wasn't very confident about my looks, but I didn't grow up too focused on them.
“I would not change how I feel now for what I felt when I was 20 years old. There were some insecurities about things that you later realize are not important. "
Penelope values the compliments that come from her children far more than anyone else because she knows they are genuine.
Explaining why they mean so much to her, she explained, "Because you know they are telling the truth."
The ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides’ star thinks society still shows a lack of respect for women because there are so many “taboos” on the topic of hormones and female bodies.
She added: “There are too many taboos surrounding women's bodies and I think it equates to gross disrespect. You may be thinking, ‘What is the relationship between hormones and respect?’ But it’s completely related. Words and phrases like period, postpartum depression, menopause, even today you mention those words on a table and it makes people nervous. "
