Maria Elena and Cristina have, they like the same guy, but she still mentors her with the photography, I thought that was really, course they're all attracted to each other, but I thought that was really nice, and I wondered if in your life, you've mentored a sister or someone who wants to, advice on career, or how do you relate to other women I guess that might want your help, advice?

PC:  It's always, I don't like very much giving advice, especially in interviews, because it always sounds like who are you to give advice to anybody you know, but (laughter), I always with things that are related to the acting, if I have to get specific, it will be always about saving time to study to prepare your characters, to have your time for months for trying to understand who that person is, because that's when I feel the happiest about the work, the part that gives me a lot of happiness is the preparation time and a few years ago I was just going from set to set, like four movies a year, and I don't enjoy that anymore, I'd rather do one a year or maybe two if they are not too long, but I have my time to prepare. 

But I meant a woman in your life, like a younger sister or someone that you have helped with their career.  Have you done that or?

PC:  No, because in my family, we all help each other with everything, we are very close and but I don't have like the role of the old sister, in how annoying I am, yes (laughter) with them, yes, because I am the oldest and I'm always am very protective with my brother and sister but with the rest, with the work and all that, everyone knows what they want to do.

Speaking of preparation, how are you preparing to play in Rob Marshall's new film?

PC:  God, I am so excited, about the movie.  I did many auditions for the movie, singing and dancing and I trained for seventeen years, dancing in my life and now I can get to use it in a movie and I love the character and will be singing many hours a day and training and we're going to record with an orchestra and I think that's going to be an amazing experience for me because I love music.

How's your singing?

PC:  They say it's good and they gave me the part so now I have to do it (laughter).  But I have to work very hard, we're going to be training very hard, I've already been taking lessons but now it's going to be many, many hours a day.

What does it mean to you to work with Woody Allen in Spain?

PC:  I was very excited about working with him but even more with him coming to my country.  Everyone was very excited to have him there.

And what do you think about your character?  Do you have something in common?

PC:  I don't ask myself that question, I just try to understand her and go from there, you know, and try not to judge her and that's what I try with all the characters.  By the way, when I said that about the singing, I said they think I sing, I meant Rob Marshall, and the people that have given me the character.  That's who I mean by them.

Do you sing one song in the movie, or more than one?

PC:  More than one.

Did you see the play?

PC:  Yes, I saw the play, Eight and a Half is one of my favorite movies of all time, because Nine is based on Eight and a Half, and I love Carla, I love this character.

Isn't Javier starring in it?

PC:  No.

But you have a very, very huge cast for that movie.  I think Daniel Day-Lewis is in it.

PC:  Nicole Kidman, Marion Cotillard, Judy Dench, Sophia Loren...

But who's playing the director?

PC:  Daniel Day-Lewis. 

When do you actually start filming?  I mean do you go straight into that right now in the rehearsals and...

PC:  I have to promote both movies, Elegy, and Vicki Cristina Barcelona, and then I go into the rehearsals for Nine, in London.

How different a character is this one from the character in Elegy, because I know that's obviously opening here soon as well.

PC:  So different.  Consuela is very put together, she's very mature for her age, she's very centered, very focused, she knows very much what she wants. What they have in common is that she can also feel everything very much, the good and the bad, but I really like the movie, I was obsessed with the book, I love Phillip Roth, and I was blown away by Ben Kingsley, I think he's an amazing actor...

And what does he bring to the table, what qualities did you see in him that excited you on the set?

PC:  Just times of truth, all the time, there is nothing he does that is fake, and I don't imagine anybody else playing that character, I was attached to the project for five years, many other people before all the directors and I don't imagine anybody better than Isabel and Ben.  Isabel did a very honest movie I think. 

When do you start work on Nine?

PC:  As soon as I finish the publicity for both movies because one come one week and the other the week after, and then it's England.