I admired Melanie before I loved her.
I completely take on the risk, the poker game, which being an artist means, and I'm going to try to make a film which honestly reflects what I have in my head.
I like going everywhere. And I love starting new things.
I love the diversity of America. I love the plain, normal sense of humor Americans have. It is not wicked, like in some countries. And I also love how new America is.
I mean, the Constitution of this country was written 200 years ago. The house I was living in in Madrid is 350 years old! America is still a project, and you guys are working on it and bringing new things to it every day. That is beautiful to watch.
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 was playing with a soccer team in Spain until I broke my foot-badly. That's when I started seriously getting into acting.
I've never worried about what audiences would accept or had a game plan regarding the career. I never had an idea of how I should look to my fans or anybody else.
If you call a cat, he may not come. Which doesn't happen with dogs. They're different types of animals. Cats are very sexy I think too in the way they move.
It's a character that I always found really likable. I'm fond of Zorro because he was a popular figure who worked for the people.
It's not the same to read Gabrielle Garcia Marquez in Spanish than to read it in English in a translation. You lose a tremendous amount of subtleness.
Melanie is more of a disciplinarian with the little girl than me, probably because it's my first baby. She gets everything easy from Papa. I am more weak. She takes advantage of me.
Swordfighting is about self-control. Eventually, I got some, but I still got nicks on my hands during filming.
There are some movies that I would like to forget, for the rest of my life. But even those movies teach me things.
To be married in our profession is not an easy thing. There's too many beautiful people around, very interesting people. It's just a matter of really having-being patient and probably having the capacity and the faith of falling in love with your own wife again. That happens to me.
We are now integrated into American society and I don't like the word fashionable, because fashionable means that it's going to pass. It's not like that anymore.
He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Antonio supports the Real Madrid soccer team.
Antonio has one sibling, a younger brother named Francisco.
You can write to Antonio through his agent's office at the following address: Antonio Banderas c/o Emanual Nunez CAA (Creative Artists Agency) 9830 Wilshire Blvd. Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Antonio recorded "La Vida Loca" on the ECD edition of the Shrek 2 soundtrack with Eddie Murphy.
Antonio appeared in the TV commercial for Freixenet in 1992.
Antonio lent his voice to several TV commercials for "Nasonex" - he "plays" the bee.
Antonio sung "Me and My Shadow," as a duet with British Singer Michael Ball on Mr. Ball's CD A Love Story.
Antonio appeared in the TV commercial (Italy) for Lycia in 2002.
Antonio supports the Real Madrid soccer team.
In Spanish, Antonio's surname means "flags".
Antonio married Ana Leza at the Church of San Nicolas in Madrid. Among those who attended were Carmen Maura and Pedro Almod?var.
Antonio has been married twice. First to Ana Leza in 1987, they divorced in 1996. Then to actress Melanie Griffith later in 1996, they are currently still together and have a child together.
Antonio had originally wanted to play professional football (soccer).
Antonio starting acting in theater and television in Madrid.
Antonio only has one daughter, Stella del Carmen, with Melanie Griffith. However, since he lives with Griffith's children from 2 previous marriages (a boy and a girl), he usually talks about "my three children."
Antonio is 5'9" tall.
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