I started in comedy when I first started as an actor on stage and doing improvisational theater and stuff like that. So a lot of people who know me know that sort of side of me. But I got the roles that I got as an young actor kind of steered me in a different direction, which were, at times, darker characters. And so comedy was not something that came easy for people to think of my in those terms.

Andy Garcia

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If you want to experiment, do something temporary.

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experiments temporary want

They say a lot of women would like to see me naked, but there's not a lens long enough for that.

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lenses naked long

It's important, when going after a goal, to never lose sight of the integrity of the journey.

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journey sight integrity

You have to love the guy that you play, even if you play the villain, you've got to love him.

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villain guy play

I think good chemistry starts with mutual respect.

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mutual-respect chemistry thinking

A man should have a right to be religious if he wants to. The government should not be involved in those decisions.

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religious should-have men

Children need parameters, know what's right or wrong.

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parameters children needs

Great writing attracts great actors. It attracts money. Without a great script, you have nothing.

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scripts actors writing

It's better not to work than to work in something you don't want to be working in.

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want

I knew a gentleman that I had worked with over the years, who is no longer with us, and was a great influence in my life named Cachao - a Cuban musician, composer, arranger, and creator of the Mambo. The integrity of the journey is what's important - how you conduct yourself in the process. That's what Cachao was always about. He had great integrity, great dignity, was very humble, and dedicated to his art.

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humble integrity art

Cachao is obviously Cuban. He's known for traditional Cuban music and that's the music that I'm most passionate about. Cachao is one of the greatest innovators and visionaries. At the base of the tree, the roots, there is Cachao. So I was blessed to have had that time to learn from him and to give him an opportunity and a space where he can create. Everybody always wants to play with Cachao, because he's the guy.

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blessed opportunity giving

I go where I'm stimulated. If I'm stimulated, I show up. As Mick Jagger sings: It's my life and I'll do what I want.

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My grandfather was a very elegant individual. My father also. He was a lawyer and farmer in Cuba. In Miami, he had to go to work wherever he could. But whenever it was time to go out, you saw how they cared for how they looked.

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cuba saws father

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.

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cuba views want

Fidel Castro claimed that history would absolve him, but it can also condemn him.

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castro

I've had my moments of insanity. But there is a certain responsibility to set proper examples for your children, and that influences your choices in every aspect of your life.

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choices responsibility children

I am a traditional man. I'm a product of a traditional man. He sacrificed everything for his family.

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traditional products men

I wish we didn't have to tell this story.

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stories wish

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.

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jazz play way

It is necessary for me to express the deep sorrow that I feel for all the Cuban people both inside and outside of Cuba that have suffered the atrocities and repression caused by Fidel Castro and his totalitarian regime.

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atrocities sorrow people