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Last updated: Thursday, January 21, 2010
The Oscar-winning actress has revealed as a child she had no ambition to become a movie star.
Cruz won her Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Woody Allen film Vicky Cristina Barcelona but says ballet was her first goal.
She revealed: "I still can't believe that I won the Oscar last year because of the way I grew up."
"Just to dream about becoming an actress and making a living out of that sounded like science fiction in my environment. You know, I come from a family where we had just what we needed to survive. So to dream about this type of job was crazy."
Cruz studied for more than 10 years as a ballerina before turning to acting and still says she has a passion for dance.
She said of ballet: "I wish I could do that. Oh, my God. Nothing harder than that I think."
Cruz added her dance training helped her land Hollywood roles.
She said: "If I hadn't had the discipline of all those years in the dance world, it would have been much, much tougher."
"I mean, it goes too far sometimes. I mean, I used to take my toenails - they would die from dancing - so I would just take the whole toenail and throw it away, and not feel anything."
"But I loved it."
The Oscar-winning actress has revealed as a child she had no ambition to become a movie star.
Cruz won her Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Woody Allen film Vicky Cristina Barcelona but says ballet was her first goal.
She revealed: "I still can't believe that I won the Oscar last year because of the way I grew up."
"Just to dream about becoming an actress and making a living out of that sounded like science fiction in my environment. You know, I come from a family where we had just what we needed to survive. So to dream about this type of job was crazy."
Cruz studied for more than 10 years as a ballerina before turning to acting and still says she has a passion for dance.
She said of ballet: "I wish I could do that. Oh, my God. Nothing harder than that I think."
Cruz added her dance training helped her land Hollywood roles.
She said: "If I hadn't had the discipline of all those years in the dance world, it would have been much, much tougher."
"I mean, it goes too far sometimes. I mean, I used to take my toenails - they would die from dancing - so I would just take the whole toenail and throw it away, and not feel anything."
"But I loved it."
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