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FILM Trailer AP Entertainment 24 April, 2006 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Banderas, Actor, On being a dancer: \" I''m not a dancer. I never attended a dancing class in my life, all I know is by intuition and there are...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eNew Line Cinema \u003cbr/\u003e1. FILM Trailer \u003cbr/\u003eAP Entertainment \u003cbr/\u003e24 April, 2006 \u003cbr/\u003e2. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Banderas, Actor, On being a dancer: \u003cbr/\u003e\" I''m not a dancer. I never attended a dancing class in my life, all I know is by intuition and there are good choreographers in the movies and they teach me how to do it, but I just say I am an actor who pretends to be a dancer.  I''m an actor pretending to fight, or ride horses or whatever comes, but I''m not a dancer. \u003cbr/\u003eTrue there has been dancing attached to my career ''The Mambo Kings'', and ''Evita'', I danced a little bit after I did the theatre but I never really got into dancing properly, it has always been with a dramatic excuse.\" \u003cbr/\u003eNew Line Cinema \u003cbr/\u003e3. FILM Clip \u003cbr/\u003eAP Entertainment \u003cbr/\u003e24 April, 2006 \u003cbr/\u003e4. SOUNDBITE (English) Pierre Dulaine, Real life figure of Antonio Banderas Character, \" Pierre\", on Banderas'' dancing:\u003cbr/\u003e\"If you can walk you can dance - that if from the movie, and of course I suppose - you would have to ask him this - I suppose he is not a greatest social dancer but like any actor they will learn a routine, like you''ve seen people on Dancing with the stars...they are not necessarily good social dancers but they have learned these wonderful routines. \" \u003cbr/\u003eNew Line Cinema \u003cbr/\u003e5. FILM Clip \u003cbr/\u003eAP Entertainment \u003cbr/\u003e24 April, 2006 \u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE (English) Alfre Woodard, Actor, On Banderas: \u003cbr/\u003e\"He sees people as who they are and he gives everybody value. So he''s not looking at those kids and waiting for them to turn into something in 10 years, he actually approaches them as equals, and they respond to him so it''s great.\" \u003cbr/\u003eNew Line Cinema \u003cbr/\u003e7. FILM Clip \u003cbr/\u003eAP Entertainment \u003cbr/\u003e24 April, 2006 \u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE (English) Yaya Dacosta, Actor, On meeting Banderas: \u003cbr/\u003e\"Meeting him it was refreshing to see how humble he was how nice how encouraging he was... We always hear about these celebrities and certain ways they behave but i didn''t feel any of that from anyone on set..so it was nice.\"\u003cbr/\u003eNew Line Cinema \u003cbr/\u003e9. B-ROLL Clip \u003cbr/\u003eAP Entertainment \u003cbr/\u003e24 April, 2006 \u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE (English) Alfre Woodard, Actor, On how she used her sister as a role model for her character: \u003cbr/\u003e\"She loves them but she has this outside that she is absolutely no nonsense but her concern is that she doesn''t loose one of them. She (her sister) is not the kind of educator where she is going to take the top ten kids and get them in to the best schools and let everyone else fend for themselves. It''s like - I''m keeping this whole flock afloat...so yeah, that''s basically where I was going with her.\" \u003cbr/\u003eNew Line Cinema \u003cbr/\u003e11. FILM Clip \u003cbr/\u003eAP Entertainment \u003cbr/\u003e24 April, 2006 \u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Banderas, Actor, On his mentors: \u003cbr/\u003e\" I''ve been very lucky in my life because of the people I have crossed paths with. One of those people is (name illegible) a person that I worked with, we did 5 movies together. There have been other ones , theatre directors. \u003cbr/\u003eRobert Rodriguez though he is not my mentor he was my partner for a while we did 6 movies together here in America too... (''Desperado'', ''Four Rooms'') I have been lucky enough to just find.\"\u003cbr/\u003eNew Line Cinema \u003cbr/\u003e12. FILM Trailer \u003cbr/\u003eBased on a true story, Antonio Banderas (Evita,The Legend of Zorro) stars in ''Take The Lead'' a film that mixes ballroom dancing and hip hop to  inspire a class of at risk school kids in New York.\u003cbr/\u003eBanderas plays the role of Pierre Dulane, who in real life, spends his time doing just that - teaching inner city New York school kids, to dance.\u003cbr/\u003eDulane was spotted by the films producers who phoned him after he appeared on early morning television with CBS.\u003cbr/\u003eTaken with the film''s strong mentoring narrative - New Line Cinema were quickly approached, and bought the idea right away.\u003cbr/\u003eIn ''Take the Lead'' Banderas, and Alfre Woodard, (Desperate Housewives) butt heads when Banderas offers his time as a dance tutor.\u003cbr/\u003eWoodard who plays the of School Principal, warns Banderas away from her pupils... but Banderas persists.\u003cbr/\u003eWhat ensues is a battle of trust played out through hip hop and ballroom dance.\u003cbr/\u003eWhat emerges - is a newly created dance- a fusion of both traditional and contemporary style.\u003cbr/\u003eAlthough audiences may be used to seeing Banderas dance, he confessed he''s never been near a dance class in his life.\u003cbr/\u003e\"All I know is by intuition...there are good choreographers in the movies and they teach me how to do it, but I just say I am an actor who pretends to be a dancer.  I''m an actor pretending to fight, or ride horses or whatever comes, but I''m not a dancer. True there has been dancing attached to my career ''The Mambo Kings'', and ''Evita'', I danced a little bit after I did the theatre but I never really got into dancing properly, it has always been with a dramatic excuse,\" he said.\u003cbr/\u003eHis dancing even won his praise from the master himself.\u003cbr/\u003e\"If you can walk you can dance - that it from the movie, and of course I suppose - you would have to ask him this - I suppose he is not a greatest social dancer but like any actor they will learn a routine, like you''ve seen people on Dancing with the stars...they are not necessarily good social dancers but they have learned these wonderful routines,\" said Dulaine.\u003cbr/\u003eBanderas also won praise from his co stars.\u003cbr/\u003e\"It was refreshing to see how humble he was, how nice, how encouraging he was,\" said Yaya Dacosta who plays the part of a pupil.\u003cbr/\u003e\"He sees people as who they are and he gives everybody value. 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