Antonio Banderas Quotes - Page 4

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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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  Personality, Bigger Than Life, Encounters

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• The recycling in my house was imposed by my kids.

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  Kids, House, Reuse

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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.

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  Sexy, Dog, Moving

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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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  Movie, Kings, America

  "Actor Antonio Banderas". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. October 18, 2011.

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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.

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  Forget, Teach

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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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  Sexy, Dog, Cat

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• I mean, the Constitution of this country was written 200 years ago. The house I was living in in Madrid is 350 years old! America is still a project, and you guys are working on it and bringing new things to it every day. That is beautiful to watch.

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  Beautiful, Country, Mean

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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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  Home, House, Musical

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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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  Country, Citizens, Citizenship

  "The Animated Life of Antonio Banderas". Interview with Meg Grant, www.aarp.org. November, 2011.

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• I wake up every morning, look in the mirror and ask, 'Am I a sex symbol?' Then I go back to bed again. It's stupid to think that way.

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  Morning, Sex, Stupid

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• I long to get back into theater.

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  Long, Theater, Get Back

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• I get caught up in my bubble of reading, writing, or music.

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  Reading, Writing, Caught

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• Always when you go to a new country and they teach you bad words, you just say them without knowing the value and people look at you because you didn't know that value of them.

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  Country, Knowing, People

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• It's about paying attention to the little things, the details... Constantly rediscovering your partner, knowing there's a way out of any crisis.

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  Knowing, Great Love, Details

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• No, obviously, the time goes by, the English gets better. Ever since I met Melanie, that was almost nine years ago now, you have to just speak the language continuously, hone every word. So, and the proof for me of that, was actually in theater. It has to be two hours and 45 minutes on the stage speaking a language that is not your language, and singing.

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  Years, Two, Singing

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• If they had offered me James Bond, I probably couldn't have gone to England anymore in my life. James Bond with an accent? That would have been something.

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  Gone, England, Accents

  "Black And Blue". Interview with Evan Henerson, articles.sun-sentinel.com. October 28, 2005.

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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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  Kids, Thinking, People

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• Im now projecting my career in a totally different direction. I am going to work less-way less. And I want to work better. I want to direct again, I want to do more theatre, and I want to do exactly those movies that I want to do.

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  Careers, Theatre, Different

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• I love the diversity of America. I love the plain, normal sense of humor Americans have. It is not wicked, like in some countries. And I also love how new America is.

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  Country, America, Diversity

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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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  Honesty, Thinking, Careers

  "Actor Antonio Banderas". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. October 18, 2011.

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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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  Years, Spain, Pay

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• Sometimes I feel very guilty, so I don't know if I am a clear example of a perfect father, because sometimes I also just punish myself, saying I'm not doing probably the right thing at this particular moment. It's a secret.

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  Father, Perfect, Secret

  "Actor Antonio Banderas". "The Tavis Smiley show" with Tavis Smiley, www.pbs.org. October 18, 2011.

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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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  Halloween, Character, People

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• First of all, we have exactly the opposite type of audiences, for obvious reasons. So the competition is not going to be between the movies. I wish Dakota the best, not only because of this movie. I know the expectations of these movies are enormous but we know-every member of the family, brother, sister, real father-that she's a good actress.”

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  Brother, Father, Real

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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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  Stars, Nice, America

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