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Film Quotes by Andy Garcia

10 Film quotes by Andy Garcia

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Andy Garcia’s brief musings on movies provide a succinct window into what drives his love for storytelling on screen. With just ten lines, you’ll catch the essence of his cinematic sensibility, making it a handy primer for anyone curious about his viewpoint.

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I think if the movie has resonance and stimulates the viewer to talk about it, you can have as large an audience…

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If you have the right actors and you can give them the freedom to explore, you've done a lot of your work…

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I'm not the type of person who goes through all this effort for a movie, and then doesn't care if anybody sees…

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I was a big fan of Joe's film, Narc, so when you hear there's a script coming over from Joe Carnahan, you…

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My first interest was always music, and somehow that channelled itself into films and acting. I don't know what the natural transition…

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Movies are very hard to make, to get it all to come together. So many people have their say in what the…

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Becoming a producer enables you to empower yourself, to make the film that you want to make. I have desires to make…

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There's good movies and there's bad movies. The genres are never dead, it's just about how to apply them and articulate them…

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The size of budgets does not alter my decision if I should do it. If there's a movie with a budget of…

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Martell Cognac approached me to make a film for them that represented the spirit of John Martell and what he stood for…

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The reality is that the work I do is not private work. I bring all my secrets, my life, to my work. Anybody who's…

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I stand as I always have with the Cuban people who love, cherish and celebrate liberty. Hard-working, helpful people who open their hearts and…

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I knew a gentleman that I had worked with over the years, who is no longer with us, and was a great influence in…

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A man should have a right to be religious if he wants to. The government should not be involved in those decisions.

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When you explore a scene, the most important thing is who to cast.

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You have to love the guy that you play, even if you play the villain, you've got to love him.

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You can't say one thing and behave another way. Kids learn more from watching you in life than what you say to them.

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In a marriage, in any long-term relationship, not to bother with lying. There's no time for that. If you have any sort of secret…

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I'm not worried about walking the streets and looking over my shoulder because of something I might have said.

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I'm a fan of Ernest Hemingway work and specifically The Old Man and the Sea. I researched the relationship he had with the captain…

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I'm not the type of person who goes through all this effort for a movie, and then doesn't care if anybody sees it. I…

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Cachao is obviously Cuban. He's known for traditional Cuban music and that's the music that I'm most passionate about. Cachao is one of the…

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Everything I do in my life is very instinctual and in the moment. If I'm attracted to something, that's it. If I have reservations,…

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Everybody has a dream, and everybody knows people who have a dream that they don't want to share with anybody because they're too embarrassed…

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Children need parameters, know what's right or wrong.

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