155 Quotes by Antonio Banderas

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 was playing with a soccer team in Spain until I broke my foot-badly. That's when I started seriously getting into acting.

I am lucky, that is all. Lucky because there are a lot of people - producers, directors, people who buy tickets - who put confidence in me.

We were very keen on not showing any blood in the movie or showing Zorro stabbing anybody -- which happens in the first one. This time, Steven and Martin Campbell and everybody around the movie were very careful with that type of thing.

Up until the time I was 31 years old, in Spain, I still didn't know how I was going to pay the rent.

There is something about his persona that I love - his mystery. He doesn't really like to talk about his personal life. I thought that was an interesting concept, and so we put that into the movie.

I like going everywhere. And I love starting new things.

It was a satisfaction for my own community and to represent a character that says a lot about our community.

It was an honor and privilege to arrive to this country 16 years ago with almost no money in my pocket. A lot has happened since then.