To The Wonder Javier Bardem Quotes & Sayings

A part of being an actor is I people watch. I like to observe their behaviour, watch their reactions on the street and see how they talk to each other, and that's impossible when they are looking back at you. I used to enjoy taking the train and watching people in their own minds, struggling with themselves. — Javier Bardem

I do a job and am lucky enough to do a job that I love, but it is a hard one. I'm not saying it is as hard as working in a coal mine, but it is still difficult in a different way. Sometimes you have to go through very strong emotional journeys and then come back to yourself. And that can be difficult to control. — Javier Bardem

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

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

When you put gas in your car you are making a political statement, because you are supporting the empires that control and continue the destruction of some countries. — Javier Bardem

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

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. — Javier Bardem

I'm happily married. — Javier Bardem

I'm getting so old - it's more uncomfortable to do those scenes now than when I was 20. I mean, I don't have a big problem with nudity on screen. But usually the days when you do those naked love scenes are the weirdest ones on set. Everyone is uncomfortable. You're like, 'Hi. How are you?' Then the next minute you're with an actress who you don't know and you're pretending to make love to her in front of all the crew. The acting challenge is pretending things are OK. — Javier Bardem

I can't imagine what it would be like being James Bond 24 hours. That must be exhausting. — Javier Bardem

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. — Javier Bardem

I don't like to talk about my personal life. — Javier Bardem

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

Every time I wake up, I see myself like somebody beat me up. — Javier Bardem

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

I don't believe in God, I only believe in Al Pacino, and that's the truth. — Javier Bardem

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

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. — Javier Bardem

The background - your own history - is way more important than what you can achieve as a professional. — Javier Bardem

I think the most difficult love begins with one's self. How you treat yourself is something you bring to your relationships. — Javier Bardem

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

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." — Javier Bardem

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. — Javier Bardem

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. — Javier Bardem

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. — Javier Bardem

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

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

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

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