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Pictures make a lot of money doesn't determine whether the experience was.

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Andy Garcia
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: April 12
Actor
Composer
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Television Actor
Havana
Cuba
Andrés Arturo García Menéndez
Andres Arturo Garcia Menendez
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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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My son loves my carbonara. I've tried to master that recipe - it's very simple but very delicate. Once prepared it must be eaten quickly.
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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 not trying to convince anybody of anything. I just want (the audience) to have an experience that moves them.
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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.
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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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I'm a staunch anti-Castro individual.
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I'm not the type of person who goes through all this effort for a movie, and then doesn't care if anybody sees it. I want them to see it, and I want them to see it on the big screen.
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I think if the movie has resonance and stimulates the viewer to talk about it, you can have as large an audience as you want. The most important thing for me is that the movie exists. And that's success enough already.
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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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I'm not hooked on cognac, but I've enjoyed it over the years.
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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 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.
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My uncle, who was a little more flamboyant, always said the guy who dressed the best was Fred Astaire.
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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.
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Fidel Castro claimed that history would absolve him, but it can also condemn him.
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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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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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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 was a big fan of Joe's film, Narc, so when you hear there's a script coming over from Joe Carnahan, you know it's going to be interesting because he has such a fresh voice.
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