Antonio Banderas Quotes
There are some movies that I would like to forget, for the rest of my life. But even those movies teach me things.
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The cultural decoding that many American writers require has become an even harder task in the age of globalisation. The experience they describe has grown more private; its essential background, the busy larger world, has receded.
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I like being an outsider. It is better in France on the outside.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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I am sure I am one of 2,000 film directors in the world that Tarantino admires.
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The key, of course, is to stay away from the losing years.
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I was born abroad, but my parents were both English. Still, those few years of separation, and then coming back to England as an outsider, did give me an ability to see the country in a slightly detached way. I suppose I was made aware of what Englishness actually is because I only became immersed in it later in life.
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Being gay myself, I'm naturally drawn to the interactions between men rather than men and women.
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I stuff animals I find; I do roadkill. They're strangely fun to have. They're like easy-to-control pets.
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If I can't get a mental image from the song, I won't sing it.
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Being married to a psychologist, I realize that I learn more from imperfections.
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I've been lucky because Hollywood can be harsh and try to pigeonhole you. I've done TV, films, and comedy, done it all... I think I'm spread out evenly among the film community. I've been lucky and keep working with great actors.
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Thanks to my father, we were always in good horses.
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Just think about it: what in the name of God would Alabama be without the University of Alabama? What would Oklahoma be without the University of Oklahoma? Nothing.
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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I'm sure it is, I'm not for any kind of war, we've been engaged in several wars since the second world war and we lost in Korea, we lost in Vietnam, they are political wars, they have nothing to do with any real threat, nor does this one.
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I've always maintained - a captain is only as good as his team. It is not about my leadership, it is not about me.
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It is our duty, as parents and as teachers, to give all children the space to build their emotional strength and provide a strong foundation for their future.
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I will know him by his eyes.
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I have made this one dish, a salted caramel chocolate ganache tart. It's so rich. You can only have a few bites!
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I don't like family stories forcefully mixed with commercial elements.
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Σεμνόστομός γε καὶ φρονήματος πλέωςὁ μῦθός ἐστιν, ὡς θεῶν ὑπηρέτου.
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We have this wonderful language and we don't appreciate it. That's old-fashioned me, but when I went to school, everyone had elocution lessons, not to sound posh but so you could be understood.
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I wrote three mysteries and then a contemporary spy novel that was unbelievably derivative - completely based on 'The Conversation,' the movie with Gene Hackman. Amazingly, the character in the book looks exactly like... Gene Hackman.
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There are some movies that I would like to forget, for the rest of my life. But even those movies teach me things.
