Javier Bardem Quotes
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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.
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I wanted to become a painter for a while. I think it was because I was lazy.
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All of the good movies are based on how that story was told. And you cannot do it with a bad script, that's for sure, no matter who.
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I think the most difficult love begins with one's self. How you treat yourself is something you bring to your relationships.
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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.
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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.
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I'm not the kind of actor that gets crazy with [directors'] names, what draws me toward a project is the material itself.
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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.
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I look in the mirror and I don't see a sex symbol. I just see a guy who looks like he's been beaten with a baseball bat. I mean, is this the face of a sex symbol? They say that because I work in the movies.
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I'm a great believer in stunt doubles. They do an amazing job.
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People have been born in refugee camps and they are getting tired of that.
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I retired from rugby because I was old and getting really slow.
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I don't think an actor needs to necessarily go through his things to do his job. I think it's way more important to imagine. And then, when you're imagining, your experiences, your images and your own personal things will show up, but you keep imagining. You don't get stuck in your own personal things, otherwise you are telling your story in every character, and that's not interesting for anybody.
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I've always belonged to the street, and I always will. It's in my DNA.
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There is no middle ground in Hollywood; you're a failure or you're a success. That mentality is wild.
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As an actor, you can't judge. A great actress from Spain said, "We, the actors, are lawyers of the characters we play. We have to defend them, no matter what."
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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.
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The bad news is that only the bad people reach the news because they are noisier.
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I hate violence. When I hold a gun, I feel death in my hands, but it's fun to pretend in the movies.
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Celebrity is very weird.
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The middle and working classes are paying the debt that the financial markets created.
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I've played people that are on the line of evil and good, but that's life. We are always playing with the good and the bad. I see them as people. I don't see them as caricatures. I try to not make them caricatures. Maybe I fail, but I try to see what' behind them. Would I play the hero? A superhero? I don't think so. But, I play good guys. There are some there, but you have to look.
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I have a man and a woman in the same body; I have the male and female values in the same body.
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I've always said that playing rugby in Spain is like being a bullfighter in Japan.
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The award is important in order to bring people to the movie theater. That's the only principle meaning of any award.
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Some quality performances and movies have a chance to be rewarded, but it's not like it's a bible.
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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.
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You shall love. Whether you like it or not.
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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.
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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.
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