Antonio Banderas Quotes
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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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I drink a bucket of white tea in the morning. I read about this tea of the Emperor of China, which is supposedly the tea of eternal youth. It's called Silver Needle. It's unbelievably expensive, but I get it on the Web.
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A couple of years after I arrived in Hollywood, everything that was Latino was fashionable, and years after, my thought is that we're not fashionable anymore. We're here to stay.
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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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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 suppose that I am ambitious.
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I divide my time badly.
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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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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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I love my country. And I would have to renounce my Spanish citizenship to become a U.S. Citizen.
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I couldn't be with someone who is depressed all the time.
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I like flesh. I do! Something to hold.
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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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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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You have to work with people you really love.
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I think Shrek makes an effect in older people. And there are many things in the movie that you saw that are not for kids. Kids would not understand certain things.
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I like going everywhere. And I love starting new things.
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I have to recognize that I am agnostic.
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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.
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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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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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In my personal life, I am very contemplative.
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I don't believe in any kind of fundamentalism.
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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.