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I'll never forget it. I was still called Victoria Merida, my maiden name. On the first day, I saw my name on the door; I thought it couldn't be for me, so I walked past!

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

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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 had to force things to happen.

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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 made four or five films a year, and I still had enough time to grow desperate.

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I really wanted to work and become independent.

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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'd heard it was dangerous to walk around Miami.

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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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In the '70s, you were legally underage until you turned 21. And when you're 16, 21 seems so far away!

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In the United States, following the scandal with Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! , journalists treated me as if I were a porno actress.

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

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

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My family was a family of women. We were the type of women it is not easy to live with. I include myself in that.

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My first vocation was dance.

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

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