Antonio Banderas

Antonio Banderas

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The Spanish actor Antonio Banderas (b. 1960) is remembered as much for penetrating words as for professional achievements. Their reputation for his work in films of several genres, he has received numerous accolades, including a Cannes Film Festival Award and a Goya Award, as well as nominations for an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, and a Tony Award lends every quote an extra layer of authority. Our collection holds 23 quotes from Antonio Banderas, each offering a different angle on Movies, Morning, Money, Home, and Women. As Antonio Banderas put it: "Making movies is difficult and you get disorientated sometimes - even when you're working with fantastic talent."

“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

Women

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“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

Women

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

— Antonio Banderas

Movies

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

— Antonio Banderas

Morning

“I drink a bucket of white tea in the morning. I read about this tea of the Emperor of China, which is supposedly the tea of eternal youth. It's called Silver Needle. It's unbelievably expensive, but I get it on the Web.”

— Antonio Banderas

Morning

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

— Antonio Banderas

Money

“Cats are very independent animals. They're very sexy, if you want. Dogs are different. They're familiar. They're obedient. You call a cat, you go, 'Cat, come here.' He doesn't come to you unless you have something in your hand that he thinks might be food. They're very free animals, and I like that.”

— Antonio Banderas

Food

“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.”

— Antonio Banderas

Home

“Picasso is a character that has pursued me for a long time and I always rejected. He deserves a lot of respect because I am from Malaga, and I was born four blocks from where he was born.”

— Antonio Banderas

Respect

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

— Antonio Banderas

Movies

“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.”

— Antonio Banderas

Home

“I think I'm a romantic person, yeah.”

— Antonio Banderas

Romantic

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

— Antonio Banderas

Music

“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.”

— Antonio Banderas

Society

“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

Morning

“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.”

— Antonio Banderas

Movies

“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.”

— Antonio Banderas

Movies

“I used to be scared of women. When I was very young they terrified me, but discovering the female universe was incredible and still is to this day, as you never stop learning about them.”

— Antonio Banderas

Learning

“There are some movies that I would like to forget, for the rest of my life - really! But even those movies that I'd like to forget teach me things.”

— Antonio Banderas

Movies

“If bad things are going to be said about me, I have to bear that. If I don't understand that it's part of being in show business, then I'd better go work in a bank.”

— Antonio Banderas

Business

“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.”

— Antonio Banderas

Money