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I don't control the movies that are offered to me, but I make choices based on certain parameters.
Andy Garcia
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Andy Garcia
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: April 12
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Havana
Cuba
Andrés Arturo García Menéndez
Andres Arturo Garcia Menendez
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It's better not to work than to work in something you don't want to be working in.
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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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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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If you have the right actors and you can give them the freedom to explore, you've done a lot of your work as a director.
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Everything I do in my life is very instinctual and in the moment. If I'm attracted to something, that's it. If I have reservations, those don't change till they're resolved. My first impression is how I go.
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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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Movies are very hard to make, to get it all to come together. So many people have their say in what the end product of films are.
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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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Great writing attracts great actors. It attracts money. Without a great script, you have nothing.
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My first interest was always music, and somehow that channelled itself into films and acting. I don't know what the natural transition of it was. I mean I acted a little bit when I was young and like any kid would in a community theatre.
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I listen to and I play all kinds of music, and I'm interested in jazz and in bluegrass - I like it all - but Cuban music speaks to me in a certain way.
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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.
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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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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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She is Cuba. If you want to love her, you have to be with her, but you can't be with her in her current state. It's the point of view of all exiles - you have to leave the thing you cherish most.
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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.
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Children need parameters, know what's right or wrong.
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They say a lot of women would like to see me naked, but there's not a lens long enough for that.
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I'm not hooked on cognac, but I've enjoyed it over the years.
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A man should have a right to be religious if he wants to. The government should not be involved in those decisions.
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