Andy Garcia

maybe not as much as still underrepresented yes but still there's there is opportunities you know when when i was there there were very little parts for anybody because they would stereotype you because of your name it's not like said oh he can play italian he can play this he can play that no you're garcia and some of the parts that were mostly available were like gang members mexican gang members and

maybe not as much as still underrepresented yes but still there's there is opportunities you know when when i was there there were very little parts for anybody because they would stereotype you because of your name it's not like said oh he can play italian he can play this he can play that no you're garcia and some of the parts that were mostly available were like gang members mexican gang members and

and maids on the female side. So I couldn't get those parts. They wouldn't see me as those characters. The rare audition that I would even have. So it was hard. It was hard, but I just hung tough. I got married in 82 and my wife was crazier than I was because she says, I said, I got to go back. This is what I want to do. I know I have nothing to show for it.

and maids on the female side. So I couldn't get those parts. They wouldn't see me as those characters. The rare audition that I would even have. So it was hard. It was hard, but I just hung tough. I got married in 82 and my wife was crazier than I was because she says, I said, I got to go back. This is what I want to do. I know I have nothing to show for it.

But because she had been coming out to visit me, she was living in Miami and she, you know, she was here and she had seen me on stage. She would see me on stage here. But, you know, she would come to that apartment, you know, this is what I had to offer that, you know, But she says, I'm coming with you, you know? So she was, you know, mother's no best, you know?

But because she had been coming out to visit me, she was living in Miami and she, you know, she was here and she had seen me on stage. She would see me on stage here. But, you know, she would come to that apartment, you know, this is what I had to offer that, you know, But she says, I'm coming with you, you know? So she was, you know, mother's no best, you know?

Yeah, I'd never been here before, you know, like most people. You just arrive by plane. And luckily, I had one place to go, which was Steven's house, you know, to kind of go like that. And for a couple of weeks, I didn't want to hang there too long. I didn't want to impose. So immediately, I started looking for a place. I paid $200 a month for that little place. Imagine the quality of the joint.

Yeah, I'd never been here before, you know, like most people. You just arrive by plane. And luckily, I had one place to go, which was Steven's house, you know, to kind of go like that. And for a couple of weeks, I didn't want to hang there too long. I didn't want to impose. So immediately, I started looking for a place. I paid $200 a month for that little place. Imagine the quality of the joint.

And you don't have the $200. No. I came with like $2,000 in my pocket that I had worked the summer in a discotheque as a maitre d' sommelier kind of guy making money.

And you don't have the $200. No. I came with like $2,000 in my pocket that I had worked the summer in a discotheque as a maitre d' sommelier kind of guy making money.

No, yeah, it's you know, but we were young, you know, and the adventure began and and then it was just kind of hanging tough, you know, for a while. And eventually, you know, you start little by little making your way. And I used to work one of the things that and then we had a child right away.

No, yeah, it's you know, but we were young, you know, and the adventure began and and then it was just kind of hanging tough, you know, for a while. And eventually, you know, you start little by little making your way. And I used to work one of the things that and then we had a child right away.

So we got married in 82 and a year and a half later, the daughter was there, you know, Dominique, my oldest. And we were here living in the valley. Luckily, a friend of mine, an actor, was in what we call a wallah group, like a voiceover group, where you do all the replacement, all the background vocals in movies and television.

So we got married in 82 and a year and a half later, the daughter was there, you know, Dominique, my oldest. And we were here living in the valley. Luckily, a friend of mine, an actor, was in what we call a wallah group, like a voiceover group, where you do all the replacement, all the background vocals in movies and television.

It's a union gig, and you do an episode of Cagney and Lacey or whatever, and then when it airs the second time, you get paid again. Not much, though. Well, but every time you went, it was like 300 bucks. I worked two or three times a week on that, different shows. I had a place, I was buying pampers, had a roof over our head, a house we rented, and I was able to provide for my family.

It's a union gig, and you do an episode of Cagney and Lacey or whatever, and then when it airs the second time, you get paid again. Not much, though. Well, but every time you went, it was like 300 bucks. I worked two or three times a week on that, different shows. I had a place, I was buying pampers, had a roof over our head, a house we rented, and I was able to provide for my family.

And just little by little, I got a better agent, actually a manager who started getting me a little bit more interview. It kind of began like that. But during that time, there was, I remember specifically, there was a moment where it had to do with like an audition. I did something, I remember the exact moment where I saw the light at the end of the tunnel. I saw it.

And just little by little, I got a better agent, actually a manager who started getting me a little bit more interview. It kind of began like that. But during that time, there was, I remember specifically, there was a moment where it had to do with like an audition. I did something, I remember the exact moment where I saw the light at the end of the tunnel. I saw it.

All the years prior to that, it was like, where's the light? Where's the light? I know it's out there and I'm here to, I want to see it. I mean, I have it in my head, in my dreams, but I haven't seen it, you know? What was the light? The light was, I guess it was like, got to a point in my craft that... You had confidence? I had it in here. I said, oh, that's it. There it is. There it is.

All the years prior to that, it was like, where's the light? Where's the light? I know it's out there and I'm here to, I want to see it. I mean, I have it in my head, in my dreams, but I haven't seen it, you know? What was the light? The light was, I guess it was like, got to a point in my craft that... You had confidence? I had it in here. I said, oh, that's it. There it is. There it is.