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

Javier Bardem

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Javier Bardem
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: May 1
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I truly thank whoever's up there for giving me the opportunity to be loved.
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An award doesn't necessarily make you a better actor.
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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 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.
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You shall love. Whether you like it or not.
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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.
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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.
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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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I can't imagine what it would be like being James Bond 24 hours. That must be exhausting.
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The earliest memories I have from my childhood are of my mum getting ready to go on stage. I must have been about five and I would watch her vomiting backstage on opening night, and then the next minute she became Isabella, the Queen of Spain. At the time I remember thinking, 'What kind of schizophrenic job is this?' Now it all makes sense.
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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.
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I was raised not to be afraid to show emotion or imagination.
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I retired from rugby because I was old and getting really slow.
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You don't need a man, you need a champion.
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Even in the darkest regions, people have discovered their right of freedom.
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I enjoy my job as long as I can create a character, otherwise it's boring.
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There is no middle ground in Hollywood you're a failure or you're a success. That mentality is wild.
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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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