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Love Quote by Antonio Banderas

"I like going everywhere. And I love starting new things"

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Antonio Banderas frames restlessness as a virtue, the kind that reads as charm instead of instability when it comes from a movie star. “I like going everywhere” is deliberately plain, almost childlike, but that simplicity is the trick: it turns an adult appetite for change into something innocent, even wholesome. He’s not confessing boredom or dissatisfaction; he’s branding curiosity as personality.

The second line sharpens the image. “I love starting new things” is conspicuously about beginnings, not finishes. Subtext: novelty is the fuel. For an actor whose career has moved across languages, genres, and national industries, that’s less a motivational poster than a self-portrait. Banderas is one of the clearest examples of modern celebrity mobility: Spanish art-house credibility, Hollywood sex-symbol status, voice work for animated franchises, prestige collaborations, theater, even directing and business ventures. In that context, “starting” isn’t naïveté; it’s strategy. Reinvention is how you stay legible in a market that’s always replacing you.

There’s also a quiet defiance here against the idea that a successful life should narrow with age. The line reads like someone refusing the cultural script of settling into one lane, one identity, one “legacy.” It’s aspirational without sounding preachy because it comes wrapped in temperament: he isn’t telling you to hustle; he’s telling you what he enjoys. That’s why it works. The ambition is softened into pleasure, and the constant reset becomes not a crisis, but a choice.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Banderas, Antonio. (2026, January 15). I like going everywhere. And I love starting new things. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-like-going-everywhere-and-i-love-starting-new-161807/

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Banderas, Antonio. "I like going everywhere. And I love starting new things." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-like-going-everywhere-and-i-love-starting-new-161807/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I like going everywhere. And I love starting new things." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-like-going-everywhere-and-i-love-starting-new-161807/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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Antonio Banderas

Antonio Banderas (born August 10, 1960) is a Actor from Spain.

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