Antonio Banderas Quotes

I like going everywhere. And I love starting new things.

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.

There are some movies that I would like to forget, for the rest of my life. But even those movies teach me things.

I think the worst enemy for success is the anxiousness to get it.

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

I long to get back into theater.

There's something happening in the world that didn't happen before. We are acting like one big brain.

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.

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.

Up until the time I was 31 years old, in Spain, I still didn't know how I was going to pay the rent.

Everything changes as you get older - your mind, your body, the way you view the world.

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

I suppose that I am ambitious.

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.

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

This girl said "Yes" when I wasn't ready. I kissed her lightly and got so dizzy I had to sit down.

I'm a complete hypochondriac. If my heart starts beating a little faster than normal, I think I'm having an attack.

I think I am good in the department of body language and fighting, and stuff like that. It's just natural to me, maybe because I love sports.

I try to teach my kids to be open.

Films should be for everybody.

I like flesh. I do! Something to hold.

I am lucky, that is all. Lucky because there are a lot of people - producers, directors, people who buy tickets - who put confidence in me.

In Spain we have a saying about the essentials of life: good food, good wine, good sex, good sleep.

I think the problems with being older come when your body cannot do what your mind wants. Then, Houston, we have a problem.

The man who doesn't want anything is invincible.

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

People are not patient anymore.

The only time you actually are a spectator of your own work is the day you read the script.

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.

I get caught up in my bubble of reading, writing, or music.

The recycling in my house was imposed by my kids.

I have to recognize that I am agnostic.

It's a character that I always found really likable. I'm fond of Zorro because he was a popular figure who worked for the people.

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.

We're living in hard times.

In my personal life, I am very contemplative.

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.

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

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.

Every time, I reaffirm in myself that the more comfortable you are, the less you are creating. You have to feel a little bit of pain in the creation.

It's about paying attention to the little things, the details ... Constantly rediscovering your partner, knowing there's a way out of any crisis.

You have to work with people you really love.

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

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

When you're feeling very comfortable with an actor, you are doing nothing.

I couldn't be with someone who is depressed all the time.

I cry a lot, you know. Which is very difficult for a man to recognise, but I do. I cry in movies, you know, just watching movies.

Expectation is the mother of all frustration.

I love my country. And I would have to renounce my Spanish citizenship to become a U.S. Citizen.

I don't believe in any kind of fundamentalism.

I divide my time badly.

I'm in my 60s now, and just running almost 50 meters with explosives going on, it was kind of like, "Oh, my god! What am I doing here?"

When you work in a different language you are not so attached to the words.

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

I think I'm a romantic person, yeah.

I've never liked watching real-life couples play couples onscreen or onstage. It takes me out of the story.

When I do a political movie, I do a political movie.

I've always been an optimistic guy, to tell you the truth.

Cinema has opened a world of possibilities up for me.

I don't want anything I don't deserve, but if they offer me more money, I'm not stupid.