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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• When I see myself at 14 years old I can put my hands on my head and think: ‘How could I have done that?’ but at that time it had sense for me. You do the same when you’re 20. And now, when you look at people who are 20 years old you ask yourself: ‘Was I like that? Was I really like that?’

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• What does my performance have to do with Russell Crowe’s? Nothing. If I play Gladiator and we all play Gladiator with Ridley Scott in the same amount of time, maybe we have a chance to see who did it best.

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

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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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• This great imperialistic world called the United States has made us believe that an Oscar is the most important thing in the world for an actor. But if you think about it for five minutes you realise it can’t be.

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• The personal thing is something I have never talked about. And I never will. That is prohibited. My job is public. But that’s it. When you’re not working, you don’t have an obligation to be public.

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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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• The award is important in order to bring people to the movie theater. That’s the only principle meaning of any award.

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• Sometimes I say to myself, what are you doing in this absurd job? Why don’t you go to Africa and help people? But I cannot help people, because I am a hypochondriac.

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• Some quality performances and movies have a chance to be rewarded, but it’s not like it’s a bible.

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• Really, I don’t see this heart-throb thing at all.

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• Now, there are so many movies, so many festivals, and so many awards going on, each judged with each other, like your work is worse than others and that’s not fair. How can you tell what’s best and what’s worst from these awards? We’re talking about art.

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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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• 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’ve always said that playing rugby in Spain is like being a bullfighter in Japan.

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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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