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It was an honor and privilege to arrive to this country 16 years ago with almost no money in my pocket. A lot has happened since then.

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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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I do yoga every morning, then I run for half an hour and take a sauna.
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I've always been an optimistic guy, to tell you the truth.
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In my personal life, I am very contemplative.
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Characters don't belong to anyone, not even the person who plays them.
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We are now integrated into American society and I don't like the word fashionable, because fashionable means that it's going to pass. It's not like that anymore.
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People are not patient anymore.
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