Javier Bardem quotes - page 2

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. (Javier Bardem)

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

Javier Bardem

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

Javier Bardem

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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Celebrity is very weird.

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There is no good side to celebrity.

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

Javier Bardem

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

Javier Bardem

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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I retired from rugby because I was old and getting really slow. (Javier Bardem)

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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People have been born in refugee camps and they are getting tired of that.

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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 cant be.

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I've always belonged to the street, and I always will. It's in my DNA.

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I truly thank whoever's up there for giving me the opportunity to be loved.

Javier Bardem

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.

Javier Bardem

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.

Javier Bardem

There is no middle ground in Hollywood; you're a failure or you're a success. That mentality is wild.

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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.

Javier Bardem

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?' (Javier Bardem)

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.

Javier Bardem

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?'

Javier Bardem

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

Javier Bardem

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

Javier Bardem

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Javier Bardem

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Photo: Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 4.0

Occupation: Spanish Actor
Born: March 1, 1969
Quotes count: 54

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