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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.

Andy Garcia

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Andy Garcia
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: April 12
Actor
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Havana
Cuba
Andrés Arturo García Menéndez
Andres Arturo Garcia Menendez
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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 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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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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It's better not to work than to work in something you don't want to be working in.
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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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