Javier Bardem Quotes

• I have a man and a woman in the same body; I have the male and female values in the same body.

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• I do a job and am lucky enough to do a job that I love, but it is a hard one. I’m not saying it is as hard as working in a coal mine, but it is still difficult in a different way. Sometimes you have to go through very strong emotional journeys and then come back to yourself. And that can be difficult to control.

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• I believe in people.

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• Even in the darkest regions, people have discovered their right of freedom.

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• Bond is the longest-running franchise ever and there’s a reason for that: they are action movies but they are also touched by current events without being political or too serious.

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• I truly don’t have any formula for the choices I make.

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• My truth – what I believe – is that there are no answers here and, if you are looking for answers, you’d better choose the question carefully.

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• We live in the moment now where this whole movie business is crazy.

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• I am always saying, ‘I don’t believe in God; I believe in Al Pacino.’ And that’s true. If I ever get a phone call saying ‘Would you like to work with Al Pacino?’ I would go crazy.

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• My concern is to continue respecting my work as I’ve done since I began as an actor and I could only do that if I’m strong enough to keep on doing what I think best in an artistic way.

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• I look at myself, and I see a Spanish person who’s trying to be understood by an English-speaking audience and is putting a lot of energy into that, instead of into expressing himself freely and feeling comfortable.

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• We actors always say how difficult and physically demanding a role was. But give me a break, it’s only a movie.

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• I enjoy my job as long as I can create a character, otherwise it’s boring.

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• I was emotionally and physically punched in the stomach. This is not a place where you go and deliver the lines and then you come back. It’s kind of a life-changing experience. But it can’t get better than this for any actor – this is like an opera.

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• Celebrity is very weird.

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• I have this problem with violence. I’ve only done one movie in almost 20 years where I killed people. It’s called Perdita Durango. It’s a Spanish movie. I’m very proud of the movie, but I felt weird doing that.

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• And the whole Oscar thing, that is just surreal: you spend months and months doing promotion, and then come back to reality with this golden thing in your hands. You put it in the office and then you just have to look at it sitting on the shelf. And, after about two weeks, you go: ‘What is that doing there?’

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• The only thing I can do is act, but it’s not something I even feel comfortable doing. It costs me a lot, because I’m a shy person, even if I don’t look it.

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• I live in Spain. Oscars are something that are on TV Sunday night. Basically, very late at night. You don’t watch, you just read the news after who won or who lost.

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• I used to be a good party boy. I’m old. I’m an old man. You pay the consequences. I’m just fine with a couple of drinks, no more than that.

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Javier Bardem (62)

Birth:	1st March, 1969
Nationality:	Spanish
Profession:	Actor

About

Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem was born in Las Palmas, Spain. He is a Spanish actor. His role in several films include: High Heels, Jamón, jamón, Boca a boca, Carne trémula, Second Skin, Before Night Falls (Won- Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead, Nominated- Academy Award for Best Actor, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor- Motion Picture Drama), Mondays in the Sun, The Sea Inside, Love in the Time of Cholera, No Country for Old Men (Won- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor- Motion Picture), Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Nominated- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor- Motion Picture Musical or Comedy), Biutiful (Nominated- Academy Award for Best Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role), Eat Pray Love, Skyfall (Nominated- BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role), The Counselor, The Gunman, The Last Face, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Mother!. He has also won a Screen Actors Guild Award, and five Goya Awards.

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