Andy Garcia

I always joke that when the movie gods said, when you can play the piano well enough, we'll give you the money. You know, I was just trying to do it so I can fake it in the movie. You know, it kind of looked like I know what I'm doing. But it took so long, I eventually, you know, taught myself how to play.

I always joke that when the movie gods said, when you can play the piano well enough, we'll give you the money. You know, I was just trying to do it so I can fake it in the movie. You know, it kind of looked like I know what I'm doing. But it took so long, I eventually, you know, taught myself how to play.

That story was important to you because... Because that story has never been told. And it's our story. I mean, the family is not my family. It's our family. Everybody went through that on different levels. I mean, my father was not a club owner. There's not a movie like that. There's not a movie like that about the Cuban people that I've seen.

That story was important to you because... Because that story has never been told. And it's our story. I mean, the family is not my family. It's our family. Everybody went through that on different levels. I mean, my father was not a club owner. There's not a movie like that. There's not a movie like that about the Cuban people that I've seen.

No, I mean, they made the Robert Redford Havana movie from the point of view of an American in Havana. But no, there hasn't really been one. There's a new movie out called Los Friques, which is about, you know, the punk rockers in Cuba. Leonie Chasso has made movies, a great Cuban director. Also about that subject matter, that Cubans in exile, like a super incredible film.

No, I mean, they made the Robert Redford Havana movie from the point of view of an American in Havana. But no, there hasn't really been one. There's a new movie out called Los Friques, which is about, you know, the punk rockers in Cuba. Leonie Chasso has made movies, a great Cuban director. Also about that subject matter, that Cubans in exile, like a super incredible film.

Oh, you can make the story.

Oh, you can make the story.

I appreciate it. I'm very proud of it. And the movie I know holds up very well. And people talk to me a lot, you know, and I always show it, you know, I get opportunities to screen it like in a festival. They'll go, we want to honor you. It's a festival. And I said, thank you so much. Well, what movies do you want to show?

I appreciate it. I'm very proud of it. And the movie I know holds up very well. And people talk to me a lot, you know, and I always show it, you know, I get opportunities to screen it like in a festival. They'll go, we want to honor you. It's a festival. And I said, thank you so much. Well, what movies do you want to show?

And I said, well, you can show whatever you want, but I want to show the lost city. Because, you know, everyone's seen the Untouchables. I don't need to go there and show the Untouchables, you know. Sometimes they'll say, well, we'd like to show that. Okay, but please show this movie because some people have not seen it, you know.

And I said, well, you can show whatever you want, but I want to show the lost city. Because, you know, everyone's seen the Untouchables. I don't need to go there and show the Untouchables, you know. Sometimes they'll say, well, we'd like to show that. Okay, but please show this movie because some people have not seen it, you know.

They've been seen all over the world, but not everybody has seen it. So it's always a good opportunity to continue to tell the story, to not forget the story. It was an uphill battle, you know, for that film for sure.

They've been seen all over the world, but not everybody has seen it. So it's always a good opportunity to continue to tell the story, to not forget the story. It was an uphill battle, you know, for that film for sure.

And it had a lot of support and it also had a lot of people who tried to discredit it in the press and stuff because obviously they had sensibilities that aligned themselves with the Castro regime. I was just telling a historical story. It wasn't a propaganda movie. It was things that really happened using their words.

And it had a lot of support and it also had a lot of people who tried to discredit it in the press and stuff because obviously they had sensibilities that aligned themselves with the Castro regime. I was just telling a historical story. It wasn't a propaganda movie. It was things that really happened using their words.

Everybody has an opinion. One person could say, eh, I didn't get it. The other person could say, oh my God, that movie moved me so much. So there's no right or wrong. There's just opinions, as they say. Everyone has one. The great writer William Soroyan, I learned... Years ago, I read something where they asked him, and it was very helpful to me as a young man.

Everybody has an opinion. One person could say, eh, I didn't get it. The other person could say, oh my God, that movie moved me so much. So there's no right or wrong. There's just opinions, as they say. Everyone has one. The great writer William Soroyan, I learned... Years ago, I read something where they asked him, and it was very helpful to me as a young man.

They asked him, do you care if your plays are successful? And he says, the fact that my plays exist is success enough already.

They asked him, do you care if your plays are successful? And he says, the fact that my plays exist is success enough already.