Antonio Banderas Says 'Theatre is Like a Woman' and Talks Returning to the Stage

On today's episode of THE VIEW, Antonio Banderas addressed a question we'd be wondering about too -- when will we see him back on Broadway? "I'd love to. I've said this many times that the happiest times I've spent in America was not in front of the camera, it was on stage. I feel like the theatre is like a woman -- beautiful, they love me and I've abandoned it," he revealed.

When asked by co-host Rosie O'Donnell if he'd want to return, he answered "Yes, I will go back. It has to do with time, there's many things on my plate...so it's complex to be locked into Broadway for a year, but I will go back."

The actor won major critical acclaim on Broadway for his performance in Maury Yeston's musical Nine, based on the film 8½, playing the prime role. Banderas won both the Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk awards, and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a musical for his performance in Nine.

Although Nine marks Banderas' only Broadway appearance to date, he appeared as Che in the film version of Evita and was also in the running to play the title role in the film adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera (before it went toGerard Butler). A film star in his native Spain before coming to America, he has acted in such films as Desperado, Original Sin, Femme Fatate, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Frida, Shrek 2, Shrek Forever After, and the Spy Kids movies, as well as in the HBO film "And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself."