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Characters don't belong to anyone, not even the person who plays them.

Antonio Banderas

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Antonio Banderas
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: August 10
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José Antonio Domínguez Bandera
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Movies serve many purposes, and I've visited many of those genres, from the most light, frivolous comedy that is just trying to make you laugh, to movies that explore the most complicated side of the human soul. As an actor, I play all of those things, and I still like it.
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People are not patient anymore.
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It's about paying attention to the little things, the details... Constantly rediscovering your partner, knowing there's a way out of any crisis.
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[Pablo] Picasso was born in my hometown, in Málaga, so I have this of strange connection with his persona and with what he did. He left Málaga, practically at the same time and age that I did.
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This girl said Yes when I wasn't ready. I kissed her lightly and got so dizzy I had to sit down.
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I had an idea and I wanted just to make it work. And I am never, ever secure on the set that what I am doing is going to translate to the screen. It never changes.
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I completely take on the risk, the poker game, which being an artist means, and I'm going to try to make a film which honestly reflects what I have in my head.
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Hollywood is a very strong machine that needs, and in... especially with female actors, fresh flesh. It's that cruel. But that's the way it is.
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When you work in a different language you are not so attached to the words.
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Sometimes I am just playing the character. I will move out of the way of the microphone, and they will have to tell me. Because I am moving around a lot. I am performing the cat. The animators look for that material, to see if they can put it back into the movie.
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I like going everywhere. And I love starting new things.
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I couldn't be with someone who is depressed all the time.
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When you go to the movie theater and the opening of this movie and you see the kids just cracking up with a character you are giving your voice to, you get goose bumps. It's so beautiful.
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You can change a person in their exterior aspects, but the soul remains, it still is there, and especially if that person has been changed involuntarily.
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One thing I have clear is that I don't want to work for money anymore.
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I don't think there is a guy that played more gay characters than I have done in my life.
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I love the diversity of America. I love the plain, normal sense of humor Americans have. It is not wicked, like in some countries. And I also love how new America is.
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I divide my time badly.
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I often feel very guilty because of the time that I spend outside of my home and the little time that sometimes I have for my kids.
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I get caught up in my bubble of reading, writing, or music.
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