Quotes By Javier Bardem

The middle and working classes are paying the debt that the financial markets created.

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 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.

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

I've always said I don't believe in God, I believe in Al Pacino.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

You know I don't like to talk about my personal life.

I retired from rugby because I was old and getting really slow.

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

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.

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

The bad news is that only the bad people reach the news because they are noisier.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

When you know people are really at peace with who they are and what they do, they collaborate and want to help you to improve.