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Javier Bardem
Spanish
Actor
Born:
Mar 1
,
1969
Because
Believe
Me
People
Time
You
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I do respect people's faith, but I don't respect their manipulation of that faith in order to create fear and control.
Javier Bardem
Faith
Respect
People
Fear
Control
Order
Manipulation
Create
I've always said that playing rugby in Spain is like being a bullfighter in Japan.
Javier Bardem
Rugby
Like
Said
Always
Being
Spain
Japan
Playing
An award doesn't necessarily make you a better actor.
Javier Bardem
You
Better
Better Actor
Make
Award
Actor
Necessarily
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.
Javier Bardem
Good
You
Man
Old
Party
Pay
Consequences
Fine
More
Drinks
Couple
Boy
Than
Just
Old Man
Used
I truly thank whoever's up there for giving me the opportunity to be loved.
Javier Bardem
Me
Opportunity
Giving
Truly
Up
Thank
Loved
Whoever
I've always said I don't believe in God, I believe in Al Pacino.
Javier Bardem
God
Believe
Said
Always
Al
Al Pacino
I'm a great believer in stunt doubles. They do an amazing job.
Javier Bardem
Great
Amazing
Job
Great Believer
Stunt
Doubles
Believer
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.
Javier Bardem
Great
You
World
Made
Important
Believe
Think
States
Minutes
About
Imperialistic
Most
Most Important Thing
Important Thing
Five
The Most Important
Realise
Us
United
Actor
United States
Thing
Oscar
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.
Javier Bardem
Myself
Feeling
Energy
See
Instead
Putting
Freely
Look
Himself
Comfortable
Audience
Understood
Lot
Person
Trying
Spanish
English-Speaking
Expressing
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.
Javier Bardem
Myself
You
People
Sometimes
Job
Say
Hypochondriac
Absurd
Because
Am
Doing
Go
Africa
Cannot
Help
Help People
Why
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
Me
Something
Only
Costs
Feel
Look
Comfortable
Because
Doing
Lot
Person
The Only Thing
Act
Even
Thing
Shy
Shy Person
I will work with a director who has good material because at the end of the day, that's what counts.
Javier Bardem
Work
Good
Day
Director
End Of The Day
Will
Good Material
Counts
Because
Material
End
Who
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.
Javier Bardem
Time
Great
Me
You
People
Will
Made
Whatever
Believe
Other
Promote
See
Give
Give Me
Still
Go
Were
Same
Movies
Them
Hollywood
Created
Each
Award
Awards
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.
Javier Bardem
Time
Best
Nothing
See
Russell
Gladiator
Performance
Does
Scott
Did
Same
Maybe
Who
Ridley Scott
Play
Amount
Chance
We actors always say how difficult and physically demanding a role was. But give me a break, it's only a movie.
Javier Bardem
Me
Demanding
Difficult
Say
Give
Give Me
Only
Physically
Always
How
Role
Movie
Break
Actor
I don't really care where movies come from as long as they're worth making.
Javier Bardem
Worth
Care
Long
Come
Making
Where
Movies
Really
I truly don't have any formula for the choices I make.
Javier Bardem
Make
Truly
Any
Formula
Choices
Every time I wake up, I see myself like somebody beat me up.
Javier Bardem
Time
Myself
Me
Wake Up
Somebody
Every
Every Time
See
Beat
Like
Wake
Up
Really, I don't see this heart-throb thing at all.
Javier Bardem
See
Really
Thing
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
Time
Myself
Me
You
Yourself
People
Old
Sense
Think
See
Could
Had
Put
Head
Like
Look
How
Years
Hands
Hands-On
Same
Done
Ask
Really
Who
Now
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
You
Reality
Back
Spend
Months
Promotion
About
Weeks
Put
Come
Look
Shelf
Doing
Go
Surreal
Office
Hands
Sitting
Just
Golden
After
Then
Your
Whole
Thing
Oscar
Two
Two Weeks
You want to do your job well so that people in the future say, 'OK, he's not bad, let's hire him.'
Javier Bardem
Future
You
People
Job
Say
OK
Bad
He
Well
Him
Hire
Want
Your
I retired from rugby because I was old and getting really slow.
Javier Bardem
Old
Slow
Rugby
Retired
Because
Getting
Really
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.
Javier Bardem
You
Peace
People
Collaborate
Know
Improve
Want
Really
Help
Who
There is no middle ground in Hollywood; you're a failure or you're a success. That mentality is wild.
Javier Bardem
Success
Failure
You
Wild
Mentality
Middle
Middle Ground
Hollywood
Ground
I'm happily married.
Javier Bardem
Married
Happily
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