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
You can change a person in their exterior aspects, but the soul remains, it still is there, and especially if that person has been changed involuntarily.
You see a woman, 22 years old, going out with a guy over 60 - and it's kind of natural. But if it happens in the opposite direction everyone says, 'What is going on there?
In my personal life, I am very contemplative.
I've never liked watching real-life couples play couples onscreen or onstage. It takes me out of the story.
I think the worst enemy for success is the anxiousness to get it.
My Spanish is getting a little bit loose. Sometimes I go to Spain and after I've been talking with my folks for a while... you start changing the verb for the adjective, for example, which is a common thing between Spanish and English. I change that sometimes but after a couple days there, boom, I'm back.
In Spain we have a saying about the essentials of life: good food, good wine, good sex, good sleep.
When you work in a different language you are not so attached to the words.
Sometimes I feel very guilty, so I don't know if I am a clear example of a perfect father, because sometimes I also just punish myself, saying I'm not doing probably the right thing at this particular moment. It's a secret.
Up until the time I was 31 years old, in Spain, I still didn't know how I was going to pay the rent.
I'm a complete hypochondriac. If my heart starts beating a little faster than normal, I think I'm having an attack.
I think the problems with being older come when your body cannot do what your mind wants. Then, Houston, we have a problem.
I often feel very guilty because of the time that I spend outside of my home and the little time that sometimes I have for my kids.
I love my country. And I would have to renounce my Spanish citizenship to become a U.S. Citizen.