Antonio Banderas

Expectation is the mother of all frustration. ↗

— Antonio Banderas

#frustration #mother

Films should be for everybody. ↗

— Antonio Banderas

#films #should

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

#especially #female #flesh #fresh #hollywood

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

#always #art #audience #feel #general

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. ↗

— Antonio Banderas

#because #buy #confidence #directors #i

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

— Antonio Banderas

#i #someone #time #who

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

#difficult #i #i do #just #know

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

#america #did #directions #director #first

I divide my time badly. ↗

— Antonio Banderas

#divide #i #my time #time

I completely take on the risk, the poker game, which being an artist means, and I'm going to try to make a film which honestly reflects what I have in my head. ↗

— Antonio Banderas

#being #completely #film #game #going