Antonio Banderas - biography

“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 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.”

“There are some movies that I would like to forget, for the rest of my life.  But even those movies teach me things.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

Antonio Banderas has appeared in the following films:
Laberinto de pasiones (1982)
Pestañas postizas (1982)
Y del seguro... líbranos Señor! (1983)
El caso Almería (1984)
El señor Galíndez (1984)
Los zancos (1984)
Caso cerrado (1985)
La corte de Faraón (1985)
Réquiem por un campesino español (1985)
Matador (1986)
27 horas (1986)
Delirios de amor (1986)
Puzzle (1986)
La Ley del deseo (1987)
Así como habían sido (1987)
Bâton rouge (1988)
El Placer de matar (1988)
Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988)
Si te dicen que caí (1989)
Bajarse al moro (1989)
El acto (1989)
La blanca paloma (1989)
¡Átame! (1990)
Contra el viento (1990)
Terra Nova (1991)
The Mambo Kings (1992)
Una mujer bajo la lluvia (1992)
Philadelphia (1993)
The House of the Spirits (1993)
¡Dispara! (1993)
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)
Of Love and Shadows (1994)
Four Rooms (1995)
Miami Rhapsody (1995)
Assassins (1995)
Desperado (1995)
Never Talk to Strangers (1995)
Two Much (1995)
Evita (1996)
The Mask of Zorro (1998)
Play It to the Bone (1999)
The 13th Warrior (1999)
The White River Kid (1999)
Spy Kids (2001)
The Body (2001)
Original Sin (2001)
Femme Fatale (2002)
Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002)
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002)
Frida (2002)
Imagining Argentina (2003)
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)
Shrek 2 (2004)
The Legend of Zorro (2005)
Bordertown (2006)
Take the Lead (2006)
Shrek the Third (2007)
My Spy (2008)
The Other Man (2008)
The Code (2009)
Shrek Forever After (2010)
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010)
Or Noir (2011)
Haywire (2011)
Puss in Boots (2011)
The Big Bang (2011)
The Skin I Live In (2011)


Antonio Banderas directed the following films:
Crazy in Alabama (1999)
El Camino de los ingleses (2006)