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It's better not to work than to work in something you don't want to be working in.

Andy Garcia

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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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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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Great writing attracts great actors. It attracts money. Without a great script, you have nothing.
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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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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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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'm not trying to convince anybody of anything. I just want (the audience) to have an experience that moves them.
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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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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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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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I don't control the movies that are offered to me, but I make choices based on certain parameters.
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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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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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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 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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I think good chemistry starts with mutual respect.
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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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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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I'm not hooked on cognac, but I've enjoyed it over the years.
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Fidel Castro claimed that history would absolve him, but it can also condemn him.
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