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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.

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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I am a traditional man. I'm a product of a traditional man. He sacrificed everything for his family.
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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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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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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 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 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'm not hooked on cognac, but I've enjoyed it over the years.
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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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I wish we didn't have to tell this story.
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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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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 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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Fidel Castro claimed that history would absolve him, but it can also condemn him.
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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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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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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 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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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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It's important, when going after a goal, to never lose sight of the integrity of the journey.
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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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