Antonio Banderas Quotes
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I love my country. And I would have to renounce my Spanish citizenship to become a U.S. Citizen.
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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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I suppose that I am ambitious.
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Up until the time I was 31 years old, in Spain, I still didn't know how I was going to pay the rent.
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Sometimes I have wrinkles, in the morning. It depends on what kind of night that I had. I accept myself and the way that I am growing older. I have eye bags and some people have proposed to me to take them out but I said no.
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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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I don't think there is a guy that played more gay characters than I have done in my life.
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I think we are realising that governments can't govern us any more.
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If bad things are going to be said about me, I have to bear that. If I don't understand that it's part of being in show business, then I'd better go work in a bank.
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I divide my time badly.
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When you're feeling very comfortable with an actor, you are doing nothing.
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Melanie is more of a disciplinarian with the little girl than me, probably because it's my first baby. She gets everything easy from Papa. I am more weak. She takes advantage of me.
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This may sound a little harsh, but I don't care about my career. Really, I don't like actors who are always planning what they're going to do next or always worrying about doing something that will go against the image they've created. To me, that's almost like an attack of narcissism.
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It was an honor and privilege to arrive to this country 16 years ago with almost no money in my pocket. A lot has happened since then.
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When you go to the movie theater and the opening of this movie and you see the kids just cracking up with a character you are giving your voice to, you get goose bumps. It's so beautiful.
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I don't like to over-intellectualize scenes that are working. I tend to think when you do that you may lose it.
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I couldn't be with someone who is depressed all the time.
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Listen, I think movies serve many different purposes, from those movies that are frivolous and just an entertainment, to movies that just go to exploring the complexities of the human soul. Everything is valid if it's done with honesty and dignity, and I actually do both of those types of movies in my career.
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The man who doesn't want anything is invincible.
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I always feel that art in general and acting in particular should make the audience a little uncomfortable, to slap them and wake them up.
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I like flesh. I do! Something to hold.
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I like going everywhere. And I love starting new things.
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I don't believe in any kind of fundamentalism.
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I'm a complete hypochondriac. If my heart starts beating a little faster than normal, I think I'm having an attack.