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As an actor, when you encounter a psychopathic personality, you naturally want to make him 'bigger than life,' as the Americans say.

Antonio Banderas

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Antonio Banderas
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: August 10
Film Actor
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Malaga
José Antonio Domínguez Bandera
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I wake up every morning, look in the mirror and ask, 'Am I a sex symbol?' Then I go back to bed again. It's stupid to think that way.
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If they had offered me James Bond, I probably couldn't have gone to England anymore in my life. James Bond with an accent? That would have been something.
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