Antonio Banderas
Antonio Banderas
José Antonio Domínguez Bandera, known professionally as Antonio Banderas, is a Spanish actor, director, and producer. He began his acting career with a series of films by director Pedro Almodóvar and then appeared in high-profile Hollywood movies, especially in the 1990s, including Assassins, Evita, Interview with the Vampire, Philadelphia, Desperado, The Mask of Zorro and Spy Kids. Banderas also portrayed the voice of "Puss in Boots" in the Shrek sequels and Puss in Boots as well as the bee in...
NationalitySpanish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth10 August 1960
CityMalaga, Spain
CountrySpain
I'm still a promising actor. It's better to be climbing even if you have a lot of falls than to be descending. Maybe that's kept me young. I haven't gotten to any peak yet.
The only time you actually are a spectator of your own work is the day you read the script.
Melanie is more of a disciplinarian with the little girl than me, probably because it's my first baby. She gets everything easy from Papa. I am more weak. She takes advantage of 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.
There's something happening in the world that didn't happen before. We are acting like one big brain.
I think it actually will be an interesting play. I think it is a very smart proposal for theater.
He fights with the traditional Spanish weapon, the sword, and disdains the impersonal Anglo-Saxon weapon, the gun.
I pretend to dance. I'm not a dancer. That all Spaniards dance naturally is something of a myth especially where I'm concerned.
I don't think I'm a dancer. I'm just an actor who tries to make people believe that I do the activity.