Antonio Banderas quotes - page 3

Antonio Banderas is a Spanish actor, director, and producer known for his charismatic roles in both European and Hollywood films. International fame came with movies such as "Desperado," "The Mask of Zorro," and the "Shrek" franchise. He continues to impress audiences with his versatility and passionate performances. Here are 72 of his quotes:

I long to get back into theater. (Antonio Banderas)

Making movies is difficult and you get disorientated sometimes - even when you're working with fantastic talent.

Antonio Banderas

I do yoga every morning, then I run for half an hour and take a sauna.

Antonio Banderas

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

Antonio Banderas

Cinema has opened a world of possibilities up for me.

Antonio Banderas

I always feel that art in general and acting in particular should make the audience a little uncomfortable, to slap them and wake them up.

Antonio Banderas

I think we are realising that governments can't govern us any more.

Antonio Banderas

Always when you go to a new country and they teach you bad words, you just say them without knowing the value and people look at you because you didn't know that value of them.

Antonio Banderas

Listen, I think movies serve many different purposes, from those movies that are frivolous and just an entertainment, to movies that just go to exploring the complexities of the human soul. Everything is valid if it's done with honesty and dignity, and I actually do both of those types of movies in my career.

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I've done many different movies in many different contexts.

Antonio Banderas

I wouldn't want my daughters to date a guy like me. I was dangerous around women in my twenties. I'm terrified that they might end up with someone like me. (Antonio Banderas)

I don't believe in any kind of fundamentalism.

Antonio Banderas

I don't think there is a guy that played more gay characters than I have done in my life.

Antonio Banderas

One thing I have clear is that I don't want to work for money anymore.

Antonio Banderas

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.

Antonio Banderas

You see a woman, 22 years old, going out with a guy over 60 - and it's kind of natural. But if it happens in the opposite direction everyone says, 'What is going on there?'

Antonio Banderas

I think that comedy is one of the more serious things that you can do in our day, especially in the world that we're living in.

Antonio Banderas

Melanie is more of a disciplinarian with the little girl than me, probably because it's my first baby. She gets everything easy from Papa. I am more weak. She takes advantage of me.

Antonio Banderas

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.

Antonio Banderas

I don't like to over-intellectualize scenes that are working. I tend to think when you do that you may lose it.

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We're living in hard times. (Antonio Banderas)

I did my first movie, 'The Mambo Kings,' in America without speaking the language. I learned the lines phonetically. I had an interpreter actually just to understand directions from my director.

Antonio Banderas

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Antonio Banderas

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Occupation: Spanish Actor
Born: August 10, 1960
Quotes count: 72
Wikipedia: Antonio Banderas

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