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I think Shrek makes an effect in older people. And there are many things in the movie that you saw that are not for kids. Kids would not understand certain things.

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Think, Movie, I Think, Shrek

Everything changes as you get older - your mind, your body, the way you view the world.

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Mind, Changes, Your, Your Body

When you go to the movie theater and the opening of this movie and you see the kids just cracking up with a character you are giving your voice to, you get goose bumps. It's so beautiful.

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Voice, Movie, Bumps, Goose

I'm still a promising actor. It's better to be climbing even if you have a lot of falls than to be descending. Maybe that's kept me young. I haven't gotten to any peak yet.

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Young, Maybe, Gotten, Descending

Listen, I think movies serve many different purposes, from those movies that are frivolous and just an entertainment, to movies that just go to exploring the complexities of the human soul. Everything is valid if it's done with honesty and dignity, and I actually do both of those types of movies in my career.

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Soul, Career, I Think, Frivolous

I love the diversity of America. I love the plain, normal sense of humor Americans have. It is not wicked, like in some countries. And I also love how new America is.

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Love, Normal, Some, Wicked

I think the problems with being older come when your body cannot do what your mind wants. Then, Houston, we have a problem.

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Mind, Think, I Think, Houston

I mean, the Constitution of this country was written 200 years ago. The house I was living in in Madrid is 350 years old! America is still a project, and you guys are working on it and bringing new things to it every day. That is beautiful to watch.

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Constitution, Country, Madrid

I'm not such a big star. I am just a little planet. In Spain, people don't put so much attention on the star system. But here in America, I can feel it. Mostly, people are very, very nice. But there are also a bunch of fanatics behind the stars.

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Big, Here, Spain, Much Attention

I drink a bucket of white tea in the morning. I read about this tea of the Emperor of China, which is supposedly the tea of eternal youth. It's called Silver Needle. It's unbelievably expensive, but I get it on the Web.

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Which, Supposedly, Read, Emperor

I remember in 'Law of Desire,' where I played a homosexual, that people were more upset that I kissed a man on the mouth than I killed a man. It's interesting to see how people can pardon you for murdering a man, but they can't pardon you for kissing one.

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I Remember, Upset, Kissed, Homosexual

Sometimes I have wrinkles, in the morning. It depends on what kind of night that I had. I accept myself and the way that I am growing older. I have eye bags and some people have proposed to me to take them out but I said no.

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Sometimes, Some, Bags, Proposed

I have a fantastic studio in my home, and it's my biggest toy. I have about a half a million dollars worth of musical equipment in my house.

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Studio, Half, Musical, Million Dollars

You see a woman, 22 years old, going out with a guy over 60 - and it's kind of natural. But if it happens in the opposite direction everyone says, 'What is going on there?'

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Woman, Natural, Over, Opposite Direction

The only time you actually are a spectator of your own work is the day you read the script.

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Work, Own, Read, Only Time

We are now integrated into American society and I don't like the word fashionable, because fashionable means that it's going to pass. It's not like that anymore.

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Like, Going, Means, Fashionable

A couple of years after I arrived in Hollywood, everything that was Latino was fashionable, and years after, my thought is that we're not fashionable anymore. We're here to stay.

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Here, Hollywood, Couple, Fashionable

I did my first movie, 'The Mambo Kings,' in America without speaking the language. I learned the lines phonetically. I had an interpreter actually just to understand directions from my director.

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Director, Movie, Learned, Interpreter

I used to be scared of women. When I was very young they terrified me, but discovering the female universe was incredible and still is to this day, as you never stop learning about them.

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Very, Still, Discovering, Scared

I like flesh. I do! Something to hold.

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Something, Hold, Like, Flesh

Hollywood is a very strong machine that needs, and in... especially with female actors, fresh flesh. It's that cruel. But that's the way it is.

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Strong, Needs, Very, Flesh

I have to recognize that I am agnostic.

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I Am, Recognize, Am, Agnostic

This may sound a little harsh, but I don't care about my career. Really, I don't like actors who are always planning what they're going to do next or always worrying about doing something that will go against the image they've created. To me, that's almost like an attack of narcissism.

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Career, Doing, Next, Narcissism

I completely take on the risk, the poker game, which being an artist means, and I'm going to try to make a film which honestly reflects what I have in my head.

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Game, Which, Means, Reflects

As an actor, when you encounter a psychopathic personality, you naturally want to make him 'bigger than life,' as the Americans say.

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Want, Bigger, Say, Encounter

I've never worried about what audiences would accept or had a game plan regarding the career. I never had an idea of how I should look to my fans or anybody else.

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Game, Career, Idea, Worried

Melanie is more of a disciplinarian with the little girl than me, probably because it's my first baby. She gets everything easy from Papa. I am more weak. She takes advantage of me.

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Weak, Disciplinarian, Papa

I couldn't be with someone who is depressed all the time.

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Time, Someone, Who, Depressed

I often feel very guilty because of the time that I spend outside of my home and the little time that sometimes I have for my kids.

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Sometimes, Feel, Very, Little Time

It's a character that I always found really likable. I'm fond of Zorro because he was a popular figure who worked for the people.

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People, Always, Figure, Fond

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