Quotes from Javier Bardem

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

The good thing about being an actor, and the gift of being an actor, is that you are beautifully forced to see the world with different eyes.

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.

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.

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

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

You shall love. Whether you like it or not.

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

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.

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

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.

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 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.

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

I retired from rugby because I was old and getting really slow.

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.

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.

I truly don't have any formula for the choices I make.

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

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.

I've always said that playing rugby in Spain is like being a bullfighter in Japan.

You don't need a man, you need a champion.

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