Andy Garcia Quotes

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

"I don't control the movies that are offered to me, but I make choices based on certain parameters."
-Andy Garcia

"I was a banquet waiter at the Beverly Hilton hotel. You learn a lot when you're in the service industry-the jerks of the world really come to the fore. It's a valuable learning experience to be in the position where you're of service to someone who sometimes doesn't even know you're there."
-Andy Garcia

"That's why you end up producing or directing. Because if you don't try to make these stories, you can't expect anyone else to come up with that idea and offer it to you. So you assume certain aspirations and goals, in order to tell certain tales. So you become the producer out of necessity, maybe not out of real desires."
-Andy Garcia

"My uncle, who was a little more flamboyant, always said the guy who dressed the best was Fred Astaire."
-Andy Garcia

"I approach my work musically a lot in terms of the way maybe a jazz musician would approach an improvisation on a theme."
-Andy Garcia

"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."
-Andy Garcia

"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."
-Andy Garcia