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Freedom was taken away from my family until we landed in America and it was given back to us.

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
Taken
Freedom
Family
Given
Away
America
Back
Landed

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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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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 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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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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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 better not to work than to work in something you don't want to be working in.
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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 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 a staunch anti-Castro individual.
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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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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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Fidel Castro claimed that history would absolve him, but it can also condemn him.
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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 need parameters, know what's right or wrong.
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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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My uncle, who was a little more flamboyant, always said the guy who dressed the best was Fred Astaire.
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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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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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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'm not worried about walking the streets and looking over my shoulder because of something I might have said.
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