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 think Shrek makes an effect in older people. And there are many things in the movie that you saw that are not for kids. Kids would not understand certain things.
I think we are realising that governments can't govern us any more.
I don't know, if I had the secret recipe that I actually could give everybody, I think it has to do very much with believing in yourself and giving time. Giving time to each member of the family.
I think I am good in the department of body language and fighting, and stuff like that. It's just natural to me, maybe because I love sports.
I think the problems with being older come when your body cannot do what your mind wants. Then, Houston, we have a problem.
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.
I think I'm a romantic person, yeah.
I think the worst enemy for success is the anxiousness to get it.
I'm a complete hypochondriac. If my heart starts beating a little faster than normal, I think I'm having an attack.
I don't think there is a guy that played more gay characters than I have done in my life.
I think that comedy is one of the more serious things that you can do in our day, especially in the world that we're living in.
I don't like to over-intellectualize scenes that are working. I tend to think when you do that you may lose it.
If you become very self-conscious about what you are doing, you kill. You kill the character. Then it doesn't work. You have to come from a sincere place. And you don't think too much. I don't go to the hotel and I start thinking what am I going to say tomorrow and start writing things down.
I was playing with a soccer team in Spain until I broke my foot-badly. That's when I started seriously getting into acting.