Javier Bardem the Actor, biography, facts and quotes

33 Famous quotes by Javier Bardem

"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"

"Everybody in Spain is sick of me. But in America, there's curiosity about the new kid on the block who doesn't speak English very well. The attention makes me feel vulnerable, which is something I hadn't felt in a while. But I like it"

"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?'"

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

"I enjoy my job as long as I can create a character, otherwise it's boring"

"I don't know how to drive a car"

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

"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"

"But don't call me an actor. I'm just a worker. I am an entertainer. Don't say that what I am doing is art"

"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?'"

"Really, I don't see this heart-throb thing at all"

"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"

"I think we are living in selfish times. I'm the first one to say that I'm the most selfish. We live in the so-called 'first world,' and we may be first in a lot of things like technology, but we are behind in empathy"

"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"

"I don't really care where movies come from as long as they're worth making"

"I do respect people's faith, but I don't respect their manipulation of that faith in order to create fear and control"

"I've always said that playing rugby in Spain is like being a bullfighter in Japan"

"I will work with a director who has good material because at the end of the day, that's what counts"

"I want to act because I don't know how to do anything else"

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

"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"

"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"

"Some quality performances and movies have a chance to be rewarded, but it's not like it's a bible"

"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"

"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"

"Every time I wake up, I see myself like somebody beat me up"

"Celebrity is very weird"

"But I remember the moment when my father died. I wasn't a very committed Catholic beforehand, but when that happened it suddenly all felt so obvious: I now believe religion is our attempt to find an explanation, for us to feel more protected"

"An award doesn't necessarily make you a better actor"

"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"

"I truly don't have any formula for the choices I make"

"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"

"Awards were made in Hollywood, in whatever the time it was created. They're to promote each other's movies. You give me an award, I give you an award and people will believe that we are great movies and they'll go to see them. It's still the same"

Occup.	Actor
From	Spain
Born	March 1, 1969
Age	55 years

Javier Bardem Biography

33 Famous quotes by Javier Bardem