Antonio Banderas Quotes
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Films should be for everybody.
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You see a woman, 22 years old, going out with a guy over 60 - and it's kind of natural. But if it happens in the opposite direction everyone says, 'What is going on there?'
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The recycling in my house was imposed by my kids.
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The only time you actually are a spectator of your own work is the day you read the script.
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One thing I have clear is that I don't want to work for money anymore.
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When you work in a different language you are not so attached to the words.
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I've always been an optimistic guy, to tell you the truth.
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I have a fantastic studio in my home, and it's my biggest toy. I have about a half a million dollars worth of musical equipment in my house.
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I did my first movie, 'The Mambo Kings,' in America without speaking the language. I learned the lines phonetically. I had an interpreter actually just to understand directions from my director.
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Cats are very independent animals. They're very sexy, if you want. Dogs are different. They're familiar. They're obedient. You call a cat, you go, 'Cat, come here.' He doesn't come to you unless you have something in your hand that he thinks might be food. They're very free animals, and I like that.
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I'm still a promising actor. It's better to be climbing even if you have a lot of falls than to be descending. Maybe that's kept me young. I haven't gotten to any peak yet.
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It's a character that I always found really likable. I'm fond of Zorro because he was a popular figure who worked for the people.
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There's something happening in the world that didn't happen before. We are acting like one big brain.
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I've never worried about what audiences would accept or had a game plan regarding the career. I never had an idea of how I should look to my fans or anybody else.
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As an actor, when you encounter a psychopathic personality, you naturally want to make him 'bigger than life,' as the Americans say.
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I often feel very guilty because of the time that I spend outside of my home and the little time that sometimes I have for my kids.
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I've never liked watching real-life couples play couples onscreen or onstage. It takes me out of the story.
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I'm not such a big star. I am just a little planet. In Spain, people don't put so much attention on the star system. But here in America, I can feel it. Mostly, people are very, very nice. But there are also a bunch of fanatics behind the stars.
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We are now integrated into American society and I don't like the word fashionable, because fashionable means that it's going to pass. It's not like that anymore.
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I think we are realising that governments can't govern us any more.
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I get caught up in my bubble of reading, writing, or music.
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I think the problems with being older come when your body cannot do what your mind wants. Then, Houston, we have a problem.
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There are some movies that I would like to forget, for the rest of my life - really! But even those movies that I'd like to forget teach me things.
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If you call a cat, he may not come. Which doesn't happen with dogs. They're different types of animals. Cats are very sexy I think too in the way they move.