Andy Garcia
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Podcast Appearances
For people who would come from the north and spend a week down there.
For people who would come from the north and spend a week down there.
Six.
Six.
Meant for two.
Meant for two.
But it was all right. We slept in the living room. My grandmother was on the couch. I remember it. Three kids on the floor. We were kids. The oldest was 12. My brother was 11. I was 5 1⁄2.
But it was all right. We slept in the living room. My grandmother was on the couch. I remember it. Three kids on the floor. We were kids. The oldest was 12. My brother was 11. I was 5 1⁄2.
No, no. No, not really. I mean, we were, to me, I thought I was on vacation. I didn't, you know, my parents never, they hit the ground running, you know. They never, I never saw them depressed. Of course, they were nostalgic, but they came, you know, we're free. We began to build.
No, no. No, not really. I mean, we were, to me, I thought I was on vacation. I didn't, you know, my parents never, they hit the ground running, you know. They never, I never saw them depressed. Of course, they were nostalgic, but they came, you know, we're free. We began to build.
It was like my father would always say, the only slogan he ever agreed from the revolution was, never take a step backward, not even to gain momentum. And he says, that's the only thing I ever agreed to. And it's one of those slogans. And that's basically the way they lived their life. It was just like steady steps forward.
It was like my father would always say, the only slogan he ever agreed from the revolution was, never take a step backward, not even to gain momentum. And he says, that's the only thing I ever agreed to. And it's one of those slogans. And that's basically the way they lived their life. It was just like steady steps forward.
I'm translating it, yeah.
I'm translating it, yeah.
I actually have it in the film I did. You mentioned earlier about the lost city that I made. There's a moment before the... character leaves the country, my character, he he's he's walking alone on the street and he looks up and he sees the slogan on the wall, you know, big, you know, because they love their slogans.
I actually have it in the film I did. You mentioned earlier about the lost city that I made. There's a moment before the... character leaves the country, my character, he he's he's walking alone on the street and he looks up and he sees the slogan on the wall, you know, big, you know, because they love their slogans.
And so anyway, but so then we just began, you know, I remember my brother and I used to go to the beach across the way because Harding is Harding and Collins Avenue. And there was a big public beach there that's about maybe three or four blocks long, still there. And we used to go and collect Coke bottles and Pepsi bottles, glass, and put them in one of those carts, you know, grocery carts.
And so anyway, but so then we just began, you know, I remember my brother and I used to go to the beach across the way because Harding is Harding and Collins Avenue. And there was a big public beach there that's about maybe three or four blocks long, still there. And we used to go and collect Coke bottles and Pepsi bottles, glass, and put them in one of those carts, you know, grocery carts.
Five cents, two cents? Yeah, and wheel them to the food fair down on 71st Street around there. How much per bottle?
Five cents, two cents? Yeah, and wheel them to the food fair down on 71st Street around there. How much per bottle?