Garcia Quotes

(On working so much) "You know something, if you`re not acting, you`re not an actor - you`ve gotta work. No way around it. I remember Andy Garcia - we had done Jennifer 8 together. And Andy, I think was probably making a couple of million for that movie, and he looked at me one day and he goes, `Hey Lan, you work too much, you shouldn`t work so much.` And I said, `Alright Andy, if I was making a couple million a movie, I wouldn`t work too much. I wouldn`t need to work `too much`!` Everybody has their own life to live, and I love doing the work, so what I am I gonna do? He hasn`t done the same kind of roles I have. But it`s lucky for me, because I`m really having a good time."

Well, when I first got sent the script to The Assignment (1997), I thought, `Why don`t they offer this to Andy Garcia?` And it turned out they did. I said, `Oh, OK`. I had a little bit of a question of `How the hell am I gonna be believable?` Or `Will it be that much of a question in the audience`s mind that I`m supposed to be Venezuelan?` So, we went with the brown contacts for Carlos and darkened my skin, worked with a good dialogue coach. And then when I heard Andy Garcia was playing an Irish cop in Sidney Lumet`s movie (Night Falls on Manhattan (1997)), I stopped worrying about it. But that`s one of the great things about being an actor. We get to play dress up. And that`s what this movie was for me. Wigs, beards, mustaches, dialogues. Intrigue. It was a tremendous amount of hard work, but fun work for me.

This is huge for me; very exciting, ... I`m absolutely thrilled for the opportunity to fight this guy, and possibly get a world ranking after I beat him. This is what I`ve been waiting for, and what I`ve been working for, since the day I started boxing, and I`m very ready for it. My trainers (Max Garcia and Don Familton) have done their job. My manager (Kathy Garcia) has done her job. Now it`s my turn. It`s my time to shine.

(interview in Le Devoir, 10/12/74) I don`t want to hear it said that I don`t like women! I tried to show in (Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)) that I adore them. They represent the positive pole of the film, the life force and instinct.

(Terrell Owens clashed with Jeff Garcia and now Donovan McNabb. Randy Moss irked Daunte Culpepper and earned a trip out of town. And all the while, in Indianapolis, Peyton Manning and Marvin Harrison hum along as the NFL`s best marriage. With four more touchdown connections, the Colts duo will surpass the 49ers` Steve Young and Jerry Rice as the most prolific quarterback-receiver tandem in history. (Young and Rice hooked up for 85 touchdowns.) With 129 more passing yards, Manning and Harrison will top the Buffalo Bills` Jim Kelly and Andre Reed for the most yards (9,538) between thrower and catcher. Former 49ers Coach Bill Walsh called Manning and Harrison) brilliant performers ... He could be the best offensive coordinator in the league. He is truly an outstanding coach.

(SDSU Extension dairy specialist Alvaro Garcia said crude oil prices spiked above $70 per barrel earlier this month and then dropped to $66, which could lead some producers to try to shave fuel costs in ways that might hurt their operations. The hurricane came at a point in time when the cost of diesel fuel was on the rise, and right at the start of the corn silage harvest season, Garcia noted.) Producers need to consider that trying to save a few dollars worth of gas when ensiling their crop could later cost them hundreds making up for forage quality losses. The objective when we ensile any crop is to maintain its quality as close as possible to that of the original forage, ... We will never be able to have a better product than what we started with and we can only expect to reduce losses to a minimum.

Where were they when Mr. and Mrs. Gomez or Mr. and Mrs. Garcia were being charged $40 to wire $100? Where were they when the mortgage companies were charging folks the maximum allowable interest that the laws provide for? Where were they when people were having to spend 10 to 15% of their payroll check just to cash the check. It is not enough to come out and say, `Here we are. We`ve hired Jose. He is our Hispanic guy, and so, therefore, you need to trust us and patronize us.` Our entire foundation is built on the promise of dignity and respect in every single relationship,

The qualifying system helps the top guys like Sergio Garcia, who play most of their golf in the U.S.. They can rely on the world rankings and just play their four extra events (with the four majors and three World Golf Championship events counting as seven European events). But for the other guys it`s tough, and I don`t know if that can be changed. It is a tricky situation.

(Richard Garcia, 50, of Livonia has always been leery of loans.) We are conservative, ... I don`t like to spend money if I don`t have to.