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Andy Garcia Biography

Andrés Arturo García Menéndez (born April 12, 1956), professionally known as Andy García, is a Cuban American actor and director. He became known in the late 1980s and 1990s, having appeared in successful Hollywood films, including The Godfather Part III, The Untouchables, Internal Affairs, and When a Man Loves a Woman. In the 2000s, he starred in Ocean's Eleven and its sequels: Ocean's Twelve and Ocean's Thirteen, and The Lost City.

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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.

Blessed, Giving, Greatest, Innovators, Opportunity, Tree

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

Stories, Story, Tell, Wish

If you want to experiment, do something temporary.

Experiment, Experiments, Temporary, Want

The size of budgets does not alter my decision if I should do it. If there's a movie with a budget of only $1 million that I find interesting, then I'll sign up, but it has to be in the hands of a director who can do something with it. Ultimately, it's a director's medium.

Budget, Decision, Hands, Interesting, Million

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

Children, Know, Needs, Parameters, Wrong

I pray for what I have always prayed for: the restoration of our constitution and absolute freedom for the people of Cuba. That dream is very much alive, that fight is very much alive.

Absolute, Dream, Fighting, Freedom, People, Pray

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.

Actors, Director, Directors, Giving, Work

I'm not the type of person who goes through all this effort for a movie, and then doesn't care if anybody sees it. I want them to see it, and I want them to see it on the big screen.

Care, Effort, Sees, Want

I'm a fan of Ernest Hemingway work and specifically The Old Man and the Sea. I researched the relationship he had with the captain of his boat for 20 years, Gregorio Fuentes, and that inspired me to write a screenplay about it.

Ernest, Inspired, Men, Work, Write, Writing

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.

Cuba, Love, Point, Thing, Views, Want

Everything I do in my life is very instinctual and in the moment. If I'm attracted to something, that's it. If I have reservations, those don't change till they're resolved. My first impression is how I go.

Attracted, Change, First Impression, Firsts, Impression, Reservations

The executions, persecution and imprisonment of political dissidents and the LGBT community, denial of free press, elections and religious freedoms, continue to be Fidel Castro's legacy.

Freedoms, Imprisonment, Lgbt Community, Political, Religious

I'm not hooked on cognac, but I've enjoyed it over the years.

Cognac, Enjoyed, Hooked, Years

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

Family, Men, Product, Products, Sacrificed, Traditional

I'm not worried about walking the streets and looking over my shoulder because of something I might have said.

Looking, Might, Said, Walking, Worried

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

Lens, Lenses, Like, Long, Naked, Say

Freedom was taken away from my family until we landed in America and it was given back to us.

America, Family, Freedom, My Family, Taken

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.

Children, Choices, Influences, Insanity, Life, Responsibility

Martell Cognac approached me to make a film for them that represented the spirit of John Martell and what he stood for as a person and as a visionary - the qualities that they felt were linked to the brand because of John Martell himself. The creation of the cognac had an impact on the world. That's what Martell Cognac would like to promote: people that can inspire other kids and generations. They have a saying: "It's not what you achieve, it's how you achieve it. "

Approached, Inspire, Kids, Martell, People, Visionary

A lot of things I try to instill in my children comes off of what I've learned from my parents. First of all, you have to lead by example. You can't say one thing and behave another way. Kids learn more from watching you in life than what you say to them. So I try to be the best example I can be to them.

Children, Instill, Kids, Parent, Things, Way

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