Latest Andy Garcia Quotes from Interviews

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• I love doing voice-overs; I wish I could do more of them. It's a lot of fun to see how they take the voice and animate it and try to capture your own expressions and features. It's fascinating.

  Andy Garcia

  Fun, Wish, Trying

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• Cachao is obviously Cuban. He's known for traditional Cuban music and that's the music that I'm most passionate about. Cachao is one of the greatest innovators and visionaries. At the base of the tree, the roots, there is Cachao. So I was blessed to have had that time to learn from him and to give him an opportunity and a space where he can create. Everybody always wants to play with Cachao, because he's the guy.

  Andy Garcia

  Blessed, Opportunity, Giving

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I'm a fan of Ernest Hemingway work and specifically The Old Man and the Sea. I researched the relationship he had with the captain of his boat for 20 years, Gregorio Fuentes, and that inspired me to write a screenplay about it.

  Andy Garcia

  Writing, Men, Inspired

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• A lot of things I try to instill in my children comes off of what I've learned from my parents. First of all, you have to lead by example. You can't say one thing and behave another way. Kids learn more from watching you in life than what you say to them. So I try to be the best example I can be to them.

  Andy Garcia

  Children, Kids, Parent

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• 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.

  Andy Garcia

  Children, Responsibility, Thinking

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I'm not hooked on cognac, but I've enjoyed it over the years.

  Andy Garcia

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• Martell Cognac approached me to make a film for them that represented the spirit of John Martell and what he stood for as a person and as a visionary - the qualities that they felt were linked to the brand because of John Martell himself. The creation of the cognac had an impact on the world. That's what Martell Cognac would like to promote: people that can inspire other kids and generations. They have a saying: "It's not what you achieve, it's how you achieve it."

  Andy Garcia

  Kids, People, Inspire

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I knew a gentleman that I had worked with over the years, who is no longer with us, and was a great influence in my life named Cachao - a Cuban musician, composer, arranger, and creator of the Mambo. The integrity of the journey is what's important - how you conduct yourself in the process. That's what Cachao was always about. He had great integrity, great dignity, was very humble, and dedicated to his art.

  Andy Garcia

  Art, Integrity, Humble

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I pray for what I have always prayed for: the restoration of our constitution and absolute freedom for the people of Cuba. That dream is very much alive, that fight is very much alive.

  Andy Garcia

  Dream, Fighting, People

  "Cuban-American celebrities offer messages of hope following death of Fidel Castro". www.foxnews.com. November 27, 2016.

• I stand as I always have with the Cuban people who love, cherish and celebrate liberty. Hard-working, helpful people who open their hearts and homes to all, whether in Cuba or in exile.

  Andy Garcia

  Hard Work, Home, Heart

• Fidel Castro claimed that history would absolve him, but it can also condemn him.

  Andy Garcia

  Castro

• The executions, persecution and imprisonment of political dissidents and the LGBT community, denial of free press, elections and religious freedoms, continue to be Fidel Castro's legacy.

  Andy Garcia

  Religious, Lgbt Community, Political

  "Cuban-American celebrities offer messages of hope following death of Fidel Castro". www.foxnews.com. November 27, 2016.

• The promises of Fidel Castro's so-called revolution of pluralism and democracy, were and continue to be a false promise and a betrayal of all basic human rights.

  Andy Garcia

  Betrayal, Rights, Promise

• It is necessary for me to express the deep sorrow that I feel for all the Cuban people both inside and outside of Cuba that have suffered the atrocities and repression caused by Fidel Castro and his totalitarian regime.

  Andy Garcia

  People, Sorrow, Atrocities

  "Andy Garcia Reacts to Fidel Castro’s Death: I Feel ‘Deep Sorrow’ for All Cuban People ‘That Have Suffered’" by Seth Kelley, variety.com. November 26, 2016.

• Great writing attracts great actors. It attracts money. Without a great script, you have nothing.

  Andy Garcia

  Writing, Actors, Scripts

  "Andy Garcia Talks AT MIDDLETON, the Beautiful Script, His “Chopsticks” Duet with Vera Farmiga, and Future Projects". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. February 3, 2014.

• I think good chemistry starts with mutual respect.

  Andy Garcia

  Thinking, Chemistry, Mutual Respect

  "Andy Garcia Talks AT MIDDLETON, the Beautiful Script, His “Chopsticks” Duet with Vera Farmiga, and Future Projects". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. February 3, 2014.

• I'm not trying to convince anybody of anything. I just want (the audience) to have an experience that moves them.

  Andy Garcia

  Moving, Trying, Want

  "Andy Garcia talks about his epic role in 'For Greater Glory'". Interview with John W. Kennedy, www.beliefnet.com. May, 2012.

• I'm not worried about walking the streets and looking over my shoulder because of something I might have said.

  Andy Garcia

  Might, Worried, Said

  "Andy Garcia talks about his epic role in 'For Greater Glory'". Interview with John W. Kennedy, www.beliefnet.com. May, 2012.

• Freedom was taken away from my family until we landed in America and it was given back to us.

  Andy Garcia

  Taken, America, My Family

  "Andy Garcia talks about his epic role in ‘For Greater Glory’". Interview, www.beliefnet.com.

• A man should have a right to be religious if he wants to. The government should not be involved in those decisions.

  Andy Garcia

  Religious, Men, Should Have

  "Andy Garcia talks about his epic role in 'For Greater Glory'". Interview with John W. Kennedy, www.beliefnet.com.