London, November 09 Actress Penelope Cruz has revealed that when she was nine-years old and had to record for her musical debut at Abbey Road Studios in London, she locked herself in a hotel room.

The beauty intended to avoid talking to anyone in order to preserve her voice.

"I thought it would be more responsible and professional if I didn't talk to anybody before I had to record," the Daily Express quoted her as telling Entertainment Weekly magazine.

She added: "So I was laying on my bed like Dracula, looking at the ceiling and waiting to go to the studio.

"I got so tense from trying to protect myself too much... The second day I was much more relaxed." (ANI)