Andy Garcia Quotes
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They say a lot of women would like to see me naked, but there's not a lens long enough for that.
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I don't control the movies that are offered to me, but I make choices based on certain parameters.
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It's impossible for everybody to be in sync, even the most proper family.
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My son loves my carbonara. I've tried to master that recipe - it's very simple but very delicate. Once prepared it must be eaten quickly.
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You have to love the guy that you play, even if you play the villain, you've got to love him.
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My first interest was always music, and somehow that channelled itself into films and acting. I don't know what the natural transition of it was. I mean I acted a little bit when I was young and like any kid would in a community theatre.
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When you commit to something, you don't want to let your fellow people and yourself down.
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Freedom is not negotiable.
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I am a traditional man. I'm a product of a traditional man. He sacrificed everything for his family.
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There's good movies and there's bad movies. The genres are never dead, it's just about how to apply them and articulate them and execute them - the story, the quality of the writing, the acting, the design elements, the directorial execution - all these things make it what it is.
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I wish we didn't have to tell this story.
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I think it's most important for children to understand the concept of respect and manners and also work ethic. I have a responsibility to those who came before me.
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If you have the right actors and you can give them the freedom to explore, you've done a lot of your work as a director.
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Children need parameters, know what's right or wrong.
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I'm a staunch anti-Castro individual.
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I'm not the type of person who goes through all this effort for a movie, and then doesn't care if anybody sees it. I want them to see it, and I want them to see it on the big screen.
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I've had my moments of insanity. But there is a certain responsibility to set proper examples for your children, and that influences your choices in every aspect of your life.
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The reality is that the work I do is not private work. I bring all my secrets, my life, to my work. Anybody who's seen my work knows everything about me.
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In a marriage, in any long-term relationship, not to bother with lying. There's no time for that. If you have any sort of secret life, it will come back to haunt you.
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You can't say one thing and behave another way. Kids learn more from watching you in life than what you say to them.
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When you explore a scene, the most important thing is who to cast.
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Becoming a producer enables you to empower yourself, to make the film that you want to make. I have desires to make movies - I have movies I'm developing, and things that I'm interested in.
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I'm an exile. My father had the courage to leave with his wife, his mother and three children under twelve. It took more courage to leave, to sacrifice everything for freedom, than to stay.
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Every family is dysfunctional.