Almodovar on Hitchcock and Vertigo

Q. Your movie also part suggests Hitchcock's Vertigo...

A. If you're a director, Hitchcock's influence is inevitable. Hitchcock is the great father of film, and Vertigo is the mother of many movies. Any story in which a man tries to modify a woman automatically includes Vertigo. I am happy about that reference. What's more, to me, James Stewart's obsession with reshaping Kim Novak represents the director's obsession with the actors. Nothing represents a director better, at least to me, than James Stewart changing the color or style of Kim Novak's hair, or going shopping with her and deciding what clothes she should wear. I see myself with Penélope Cruz or Elena Anaya.