Quotes By Javier Bardem

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.

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

I'm happily married.

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.

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.

I was raised not to be afraid to show emotion or imagination.

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.

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?'

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

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.

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

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.

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

I don't know how to drive a car.

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

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

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

Celebrity is very weird.

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

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.

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.

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.

Life is not perfect.

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.

I believe in people.

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.