Per Penélope Cruz It’s important in life observe others, always. The people, the details, the daily gestures. «I have always felt like an observer», he says in a recent interview with El País. From school to everyday life, in the simplest places. That’s where his work was born. But for the 51-year-old actress it’s not enough to observe the world: you also have to defend it. «I will never let anyone take my voice away“, said the actress, “to silence me when it comes to denounce the destruction of civilians and children anywhere in the worldWhy for me the life of a child has exactly the same value anywhere in the world».
Penélope Cruz, war and the duty to expose oneself
During the interview, Cruz pauses on individual and collective responsibility in the face of conflicts. A position also shared with her husband, Javier Bardemwho presented himself with the pin at the 2026 Oscars No to war. For the actress there are no differences: «The images we receive of the children and civilians in Gaza strike me in exactly the same way as the images of all the civilians who died in Israel on October 7». And then he added: «I see those children in Gaza suffering and dying in that way, in that level of agony and horror, and I ask myself: How can we see all this and say nothing, write nothing, do nothing? It depends on each of us».
«It’s not enough that certain things are no longer said. They really have to change.”
The topic of age, opportunities and questions addressed to actresses still remains open. «Since I was in my twenties, people have been asking me, especially in the United States, if I’m afraid of getting old», said the actress. «Things have changed, but sometimes I have the feeling that certain questions should no longer be asked just because it isn’t right to ask them. It’s not enough that certain things are no longer said. They really need to change». And the key remains only one: «Everything passes from education to respect and equalitysince you were a child.”
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