Antonio Banderas

“אני לפעמים יכול לזפזפ בין הערוצים בטלוויזיה בלילה ופתאום ליפול על סרט שלי, אפילו משהו של אלמודובר, באחד מערוצי הכבלים הנידחים שמשדרים סרטים זרים, אני יכול לפתע להיזכר מה קרה לי באותו יום או באיזו אנקדוטה לגבי מישהו שעבדתי איתו אז והספקתי לשכוח. אני נשאב אחורה בזמן, ולצפות בעצמי זה אף פעם לא קל. מה שכן, האנגלית שלי השתפרה.”

“האמת שלפעמים הקטע הלטיני שלי קצת הפריע, זה היה כמו תיק שנתקעתי איתו.”

“היו לי רגעים יפהפיים בהוליווד והיו רגעים איומים, ואני מקבל את כולם באהבה. אבל אני בהחלט מתחרט שעשיתי כל מיני סרטים קטנים שהלכו ישר ל־DVD.”

“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.”

“If you call a cat, he may not come. Which doesn't happen with dogs. They're different types of animals. Cats are very sexy I think too in the way they move.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I suppose that I am ambitious.”

“I have to recognize that I am agnostic.”

“Expectation is the mother of all frustration.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“The recycling in my house was imposed by my kids.”

“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.”

“Cinema has opened a world of possibilities up for me.”

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

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

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