South Beach Sessions - Andy Garcia
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Welcome to South Beach Sessions. We are again very far from South Beach. This man grew up around South Beach. I grew up around South Beach. And I will say that this is not merely my mother's favorite actor, perhaps her favorite son as well. I'm not even kidding you when I tell you, you are a remarkable inspiration to the entirety of my family because, because Andy Garcia, You were Cuban representation at a time that there was precious little permission anywhere on television for a Cuban kid to dream about the idea of, oh, we are on television and in the movies, too. So I am thrilled to have you here, but not as thrilled as my mother will be that you are here. That's my fan base. Oh, my God. You are so good with the Cuban woman, old Cuban woman demographic.
I know, I know. But what you summon from them is a little disconcerting because you have a bit of sex symbol to you as well. And I don't like to see that part of my mother.
That brings up a real quick thing. I was doing a movie with the Sidney Lumetri director called Night Falls on Manhattan. And Richard Dreyfuss was in the film. We were co-stars in the film. And he came up one day and he said, what is it with you and grandmothers? And I go, what are you talking about? He goes, I mentioned I was doing a movie to my grandmother and she almost fainted.
Yeah, but it's Abuelas. Abuelas, yeah.
I'm serious. And I said, wow, my fan base is going to disappear pretty soon.
You have had a career that. I'm an abuelo now, by the way. Oh, congratulations. An abuelo with Americanized kids. I want to ask you something about where it is some heritage gets lost with the kids growing up in this country because you are so proudly Cuban in a way that I identify with. and I understand and you have made artistic projects. One of them took you 16 years to make because of how important it was for you to represent Cubans on screen that way. Is it because you know what it is that I'm saying, that you are such an inspiration to carrying on a time that is literally dying with the old people as the young kids get Americanized.
Well, yeah, people assimilate to the culture. But I must say, I think there is a sense of pride that's passed down through generations because extraordinary uh journey that our parents went through you know and bringing us you know exile is a very intense thing it's not like immigration by choice is one thing uh exile is you know it is a choice you make but it's fleeing the country that for political reasons you know repression indoctrination Fear of your own life So it's a the fact that they brought us here It's a testament to their their our greatest generation in terms of us Cubans, you know and they'll always will be and if it wasn't for that journey and that that courage and I wouldn't be talking to you right now.
Well, you're a bit like me in that you can say, I'm assuming, of your parents, they made all the sacrifices so that you wouldn't have to make much of any sacrifices comparatively. That's my case.
No, no doubt. But there's an example and a work ethic that they bestowed upon us, you know. Just by observation. It wasn't like, this is what you have to do. Just watch them. Watch them get up and work seven days a week and build a life for your family and slowly progress in what they're doing. A lot of people that came over they even had to abandon their professions like my father never practiced law again my mother was an english teacher she never taught english again she worked as a secretary and then worked with my father once he started a business but you know he worked like many exiles and young immigrants to the country you start a you know janitorial service that's the first job that's always available doctors lawyers they become plumbers they become they can make a boat out of tires and wood whatever the job what's available tomorrow
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