Quotes By Javier Bardem

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.

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

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 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.

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

I'm happily married.

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.

The fact that I like to make characters doesn't mean that I like to watch my characters being made, my performance.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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?'

Imagine the situation between Israel and Palestine. It's such a big mess. You can be on one side or the other. But what's clear is that there's an urgent need for a solution there and that's been dragging on for so long.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

You want to do your job well so that people in the future say, 'OK, he's not bad, let's hire him.'

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

Celebrity is very weird.

We live in a world of denial, and we don't know what the truth is anymore.

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.

There is no good side to celebrity.

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.

Life is not perfect.