Andy Garcia
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first heard Jan 2025
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Well, I think those movies are underrated. They're only underrated if you want to look at them from like a box office standpoint. But as a quality of a film that have resonance and has staying power, they're not underrated. You know, they're almost like
I don't know, you call them cult films, but things that movies that to this day, people, I walk by on the streets and someone driving by, I go, hey, both drinks. You know, I go, oh yeah, okay. Well, what's the one of those you get the most? Like, I don't know whether you answer or feel like- Well, Zaza, you know, Zaza, the Godfather. When I kill Joey Zaza, I go, Zaza.
People go like, hey, Zaza, you know. you know the people who who enjoy those movies will have catch phrases from and and uh in well i mean maybe internal affairs they owe everybody i got a kick on when when i started screaming at my wife in spanish which you know obviously wasn't scripted it was just something and i and they all i did a uh I don't do these podcasts often, by the way.
But I did one for Sebastian Maniscalco. And he was just fascinated about, what was it, that thing you said to your wife?
In Spanish. And I said to him, it was something like, ¿Tú me vas a decir mentira a mí? ¿A mí? Which he said, What does that mean? I said, You're going to lie to me and me.
Well, that guy, you know, Richard Gere, who is incredible in the film, had, you know, in the storyline, he messes with my head. You know, I had to I had to lose myself in his manipulation. That was part of the story and somehow come out the other end by the end of the film. But, you know, we had to, I had to, he had to get under my skin, you know, and as he did in the movie.
And the movie is like, you know, you still, you watch that film and it's like, if you have like an open sore and you keep scratching it, you know, it's like, it's terrible. It's a terrible movie that way, you know.
I know, I know, I know. But, you know, Michael Figgis, who was the director I actually recommended for the film, I had met him for a movie he was doing, Stormy Monday, which I didn't participate in, but he was, I remember talking to him, I remember seeing his movie, and I said, maybe this guy, I recommended him to Paramount, and they met him, and they gave him the job.
And then after, because the movie was written for me, it was developed for me. And I was doing Black Rain at the time with Michael Douglas. And when I got back, they showed me the script and said, we want to go with this. And I said, yeah, it's very powerful.
were saying about boxing because i also boxed for uh for internal affairs in for eight million ways to die the character's written that he was an ex-golden glove boxer also this drug dealer guy so i boxed for 14 weeks trained the movie kept pushing back so two weeks of training turned into three to four to six and of course you get into great shape you know your box of 14 weeks and i remember by the towards the end i was sparring with you know young
professionals they were bringing guys we put on the headgear and they beat you know they just beat me to the punch a lot i get my shots in but they go pop pop pop they make it look very easy and i go okay i'm coming in and there was one guy uh that was more heavier they said they get the lightweight guys that just pepper you all day long and uh
There's one guy, we were boxing, and I stepped to the right there to simulate and land on my right foot and throw a right hand.
No, we did the same move at the same time. And we both hit each other. Bang! And he hit me right here. And I caught him somewhere. And I remember this feeling that went from the back of my head, like a concussive thing, you know. It was right down your spine, all the way down. It was like, oh! And I didn't go down, but I went like this. I went, time!
Because you feel that sense of the knockout thing, but because it was here and not here, It was a very interesting sensation, which talking about concussions, a lot of talk about concussions these days, especially in our home team.
That's an insane way to make a living. But great way to get in shape, I'll tell you that much.
Body of work. Probably The Godfather. I think to this day, people still go like, hey, Godfather 4, what's going on, man? What are we doing Godfather 4? And I said, it's out of my hands, man.
I mean, of course, for me, the experience of working with Francis on a movie and a director that inspired me to do what I do. and the fact that I was able to somehow manifest that. Because when you're 18 years old, you don't go around saying, I want to be an actor and I'm going to be in Godfather III. What are you talking about? I'm going to be in The Godfather. What are you talking about?
this is like a private delusional state of mind that I lived in a way but in life you do manifest your own destiny because all that is is you chasing a dream that is particular to your dream and you just somehow won't accept no for an answer
yes of course sometimes it's very unique that it happened to be that that movie in that story but the dream of being an actor and just i just wanted to be able to be a professional actor and provide for my family and explore my craft i wasn't thinking about i wanted to be some famous dude or something i just wanted to be a professional actor you know
But you do, you can manifest your things if you're dedicated and you're passionate and you have single-mindedness about it. I mean, this movie I did, The Lost City, about Cuba, took me 16 years of my life.
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