Andy Garcia
Andy Garcia
Andrés Arturo García Menéndez, professionally known as Andy García, is a Cuban American actor and director. He became known in the late 1980s and 1990s, having appeared in several successful Hollywood films, including The Godfather Part III, The Untouchables, Internal Affairs and When a Man Loves a Woman. More recently, he has starred in Ocean's Eleven and its sequels, Ocean's Twelve and Ocean's Thirteen, and The Lost City...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth12 April 1956
CityHavana, Cuba
CountryUnited States of America
That's why you end up producing or directing. Because if you don't try to make these stories, you can't expect anyone else to come up with that idea and offer it to you. So you assume certain aspirations and goals, in order to tell certain tales. So you become the producer out of necessity, maybe not out of real desires.
It's looking to the end of an era it's about having to leave the thing you most cherish. It's a celebration of a culture that I hold very dear.
There was madness. These are people who live life differently than most of us. There's that classic thing about being attracted to the one thing that will destroy you. There was madness to their love.
If you want to experiment, do something temporary.
You have to love the guy that you play, even if you play the villain, you've got to love him.
It's important, when going after a goal, to never lose sight of the integrity of the journey.
I was a big fan of Joe's film, Narc, so when you hear there's a script coming over from Joe Carnahan, you know it's going to be interesting because he has such a fresh voice.
I'm not trying to convince anybody of anything. I just want (the audience) to have an experience that moves them.
I wish we didn't have to tell this story.
I listen to and I play all kinds of music, and I'm interested in jazz and in bluegrass - I like it all - but Cuban music speaks to me in a certain way.
If you have the right actors and you can give them the freedom to explore, you've done a lot of your work as a director.
I'm not worried about walking the streets and looking over my shoulder because of something I might have said.
She is Cuba. If you want to love her, you have to be with her, but you can't be with her in her current state. It's the point of view of all exiles - you have to leave the thing you cherish most.
Freedom was taken away from my family until we landed in America and it was given back to us.