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In my personal life, I am very contemplative.

Antonio Banderas

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Antonio Banderas
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: August 10
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Model
Singer
Malaga
José Antonio Domínguez Bandera
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It is very difficult to follow your own method all the time because you may crash against some directors who want from you something different. Trying to understand the material, who you're working with, and how can you fit in there. That is my approach.
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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 don't think there is a guy that played more gay characters than I have done in my life.
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One thing I have clear is that I don't want to work for money anymore.
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Characters don't belong to anyone, not even the person who plays them.
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Up until the time I was 31 years old, in Spain, I still didn't know how I was going to pay the rent.
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The recycling in my house was imposed by my kids.
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I like flesh. I do! Something to hold.
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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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Sometimes I feel very guilty, so I don't know if I am a clear example of a perfect father, because sometimes I also just punish myself, saying I'm not doing probably the right thing at this particular moment. It's a secret.
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I have a fantastic studio in my home, and it's my biggest toy. I have about a half a million dollars worth of musical equipment in my house.
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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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Im now projecting my career in a totally different direction. I am going to work less-way less. And I want to work better. I want to direct again, I want to do more theatre, and I want to do exactly those movies that I want to do.
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My Spanish is getting a little bit loose. Sometimes I go to Spain and after I've been talking with my folks for a while... you start changing the verb for the adjective, for example, which is a common thing between Spanish and English. I change that sometimes but after a couple days there, boom, I'm back.
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I've never liked watching real-life couples play couples onscreen or onstage. It takes me out of the story.
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I do yoga every morning, then I run for half an hour and take a sauna.
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In Spain we have a saying about the essentials of life: good food, good wine, good sex, good sleep.
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There are some movies that I would like to forget, for the rest of my life. But even those movies teach me things.
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You have to be in good shape, basically. And then, you have to have a certain craziness, if you're going to do some of the action things.
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I remember in Law of Desire, where I played a homosexual, that people were more upset that I kissed a man on the mouth than I killed a man. It's interesting to see how people can pardon you for murdering a man, but they can't pardon you for kissing one.
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