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I will work with a director who has good material because at the end of the day, that's what counts.

Javier Bardem

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Javier Bardem
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: May 1
Actor
Film Actor
Rugby Player
Rugby Union Player
Television Actor
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Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem
Javier Angel Encinas Bardem
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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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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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There is no good side to celebrity.
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An award doesn't necessarily make you a better actor.
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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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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.
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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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We live in a world of denial, and we don't know what the truth is anymore.
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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.
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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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Every time I wake up, I see myself like somebody beat me up.
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I enjoy my job as long as I can create a character, otherwise it's boring.
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[That night] I was sitting by Jack Nicholson with my long list of thanks, and I said, `I'm so nervous. I don't know what to say if I go up there.' He said, `Don't get emotional, drop the names, and dedicate it to your mother.'
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I truly don't have any formula for the choices I make.
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You shall love. Whether you like it or not.
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Even in the darkest regions, people have discovered their right of freedom.
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