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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.
Andy Garcia
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Andy Garcia
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: April 12
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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 worried about walking the streets and looking over my shoulder because of something I might have said.
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