Spanish beauty Penelope Cruz is ready for her close-up in stunning photoshoot as she admits she still finds English-language roles difficult

Penelope Cruz finds acting in English-language movies 'difficult'.

The Spanish beauty - who has 18-month-old son Leo with husband Javier Bardem - spoke little English when she first began her film career.

Strike a pose: Penelope Cruz appears on the cover of this month's W magazine

But she admits it can sometimes be hard working outside her native language because of the thought processes it involves.

Posing for an arty photoshoot in W magazine, she told the publication: 'There is a part of your brain that has to stop when you’re acting. You have to be in the moment and dare to fly. Words can’t be on your mind.

'And yet, when you are working in a foreign language, you have to be thinking about the words every single second. It’s difficult, but I’m not complaining. It’s just the way it is.'

Arty: The Spanish actress reveals she finds acting in English language movies difficult

Sultry: Cruz was shot by famed fashion photographers Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot

Penelope also revealed she and Javier had to adapt their own scripts in Vicky Cristina Barcelona as director Woody Allen wanted them to speak Spanish, though he can't speak the language himself - and the filmmaker has no idea whether or not they stayed true to his writing.

She added: 'He gave us the script he wrote in English, and he gave us the freedom to translate and improvise. Woody told me recently that he still doesn’t know if we are talking about the atomic bomb. 

'And it’s the same thing in To Rome With Love - he doesn’t speak Italian. I translated my lines. So he still doesn’t know what I am saying.'

Ready for her close-up: Penelope looked stunning in the black and white photoshoot

Happy couple: Pictured here at the Oscars last year in Los Angeles with husband Javier Bardem

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• Penelope Cruz talks Woody Allen, Pedro Almodovar and the secret to playing comedy

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