Antonio Banderas

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.

Everything changes as you get older - your mind, your body, the way you view the world.

The man who doesn't want anything is invincible.

Shaft was a pop culture figure along t he lines of, I guess, Dirty Harry - except that he wasn't as much of a racist. So yeah, I was always a fan.

When I do my makeup, it kind of helps me get into the character that I'm trying to portray.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.