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When you are portraying somebody that has a very specific emotional weight, you feel like you're really starting to abandon your own body and go to someplace else.
Javier Bardem
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Javier Bardem
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: May 1
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Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem
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