I don t want to put a title on what I believe. I just feel like there is a bigger miracle than this. For years now, she has quietly been assisting Mother Teresa s charity work in Calcutta, India, through a Spanish organization called the Sabera Foundation. Last year, in her brief time off between movies, Cruz traveled from L.A. to India to make a documentary about the housing that has been built for homeless children. Calcutta is like another world, she says.
People there are very special and grateful.
It was an amazing experience. I feel it is dangerous to talk about these things in interviews because they can be misunderstood. I want to make it clear that it s not about me. Perhaps, but her empathy exacts a heavy toll on her nonetheless. This time in India, I was only there for two days, and there was no time to digest it, she says.