I am not an action hero. That is not the only thing I did in my career. Many people know me because of my work with Pedro Almodรณvar, or theater or films that I have done, aside from that. But, that was a part of my career that I embrace. I loved movies like Zorro and Desperado and The 13th Warrior, and other movies like that, that I have done and that contain some action, but it's not the only thing that I do.
Antonio BanderasI'm in my 60s now, and just running almost 50 meters with explosives going on, it was kind of like, "Oh, my god! What am I doing here?"
Antonio BanderasI remember in "Law of Desire," where I played a homosexual, that people were more upset that I kissed a man on the mouth than I killed a man. It's interesting to see how people can pardon you for murdering a man, but they can't pardon you for kissing one.
Antonio BanderasIt'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.
Antonio BanderasUp until the time I was 31 years old, in Spain, I still didn't know how I was going to pay the rent.
Antonio BanderasI am not an action hero. That is not the only thing I did in my career. Many people know me because of my work with Pedro Almodรณvar, or theater or films that I have done, aside from that. But, that was a part of my career that I embrace. I loved movies like Zorro and Desperado and The 13th Warrior, and other movies like that, that I have done and that contain some action, but it's not the only thing that I do.
Antonio BanderasWhen you go to a movie with so many stars [like The Expendables 3], you don't know what you're going to find, exactly. You don't know if it's going to be an ego trip, ego on the set, who is taking this position, where the camera is, I want to be in front of this guy - that's true... It's worse, actually, when you have people around you that are very hungry to obtain something that they never had. Success.
Antonio Banderas