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I've had my moments of insanity. But there is a certain responsibility to set proper examples for your children, and that influences your choices in every aspect of your life.

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Andy Garcia
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: April 12
Actor
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Havana
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Andrés Arturo García Menéndez
Andres Arturo Garcia Menendez
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Fidel Castro claimed that history would absolve him, but it can also condemn him.
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I'm not trying to convince anybody of anything. I just want (the audience) to have an experience that moves them.
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Becoming a producer enables you to empower yourself, to make the film that you want to make. I have desires to make movies - I have movies I'm developing, and things that I'm interested in.
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I am a traditional man. I'm a product of a traditional man. He sacrificed everything for his family.
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It's important, when going after a goal, to never lose sight of the integrity of the journey.
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I'm a staunch anti-Castro individual.
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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.
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I'm not worried about walking the streets and looking over my shoulder because of something I might have said.
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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.
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The size of budgets does not alter my decision if I should do it. If there's a movie with a budget of only $1 million that I find interesting, then I'll sign up, but it has to be in the hands of a director who can do something with it. Ultimately, it's a director's medium.
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My grandfather was a very elegant individual. My father also. He was a lawyer and farmer in Cuba. In Miami, he had to go to work wherever he could. But whenever it was time to go out, you saw how they cared for how they looked.
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I go where I'm stimulated. If I'm stimulated, I show up. As Mick Jagger sings: It's my life and I'll do what I want.
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Children make you a better everything. Daughters open up a whole different sensibility to you. When you have children, it focuses you on them as opposed to on yourself.
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I wish we didn't have to tell this story.
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It depends. When it's the right scenario, it's just as stimulating and just as exciting for me. It's just a question of finding a piece of material that lights a fire under you.
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