Cruz has her hands full

Do you still take ballet classes?
Filming the musical Nine with Daniel Day-Lewis, Nicole Kidman and Sophia Loren gave me a big reason to dance five-six hours a day. I8217;m really excited about the movie.

With Elegy, it seems you8217;re really coming into your own with an English-language role.
Now that I have spent all those years studying, and living where they speak the language, I feel more free, though I still have my accent. Woody Allen asked me to improvise in English and Spanish. I couldn8217;t have done that three or four years ago. It8217;s great not having to hear anymore that I don8217;t speak English well.

And what was it like, working with Woody Allen?
He8217;s not a man of too many words. I would go to him with all these questions about the character and he8217;d say, 8220;We can do this if you want, but I trust where you8217;re going with the character.8221; He8217;s very direct and very funny. Of course I would have liked more time, but he shoots a whole movie in about five weeks.
-Teresa Wiltz, LATWP