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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.
Andy Garcia
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Andy Garcia
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: April 12
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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 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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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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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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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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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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If you want to experiment, do something temporary.
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I wish we didn't have to tell this story.
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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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My uncle, who was a little more flamboyant, always said the guy who dressed the best was Fred Astaire.
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Fidel Castro claimed that history would absolve him, but it can also condemn him.
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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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Pictures make a lot of money doesn't determine whether the experience was.
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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'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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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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I am a traditional man. I'm a product of a traditional man. He sacrificed everything for his family.
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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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Freedom was taken away from my family until we landed in America and it was given back to us.
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