No crazy diets for Cruz

London, June 26 (IANS) Actress Penelope Cruz doesn't believe in diet chart. Instead she relies on home cooked meals to keep her trim.

"I am a housewife and it's beautiful, the best thing in the world. I know how to cook and it's important to me to make fresh food every day. I don't do crazy diets, just the good Mediterranean food that I love because it's important to eat well," contactmusic.com quoted Cruz as saying.

The 38-year-old does not worry about getting older. She once said she wants to slap women who worry about their age because she can't wait to have wrinkles. She believes wrinkles tell a person's life story.

"When I hear a woman in her early 30s is worrying about growing old, I just want to slap her.

"When I am 80, I want to look in the mirror and see an 80-year-old woman. My grandmother had so many wrinkles and every wrinkle told a story. I want to experience every year of my life for what it is.

"It does not mean I am against somebody who does a little retouch or has plastic surgery. I don't judge people who do it. I just don't like how women complain about growing old," she said.

Cruz has a 17-month-old son Leonardo with husband Javier Bardem.