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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.

Javier Bardem

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Javier Bardem
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: May 1
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I don't know how to drive a car. The only thing I can do is act, but it's not something I even feel comfortable doing.
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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?'
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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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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.
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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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We actors always say how difficult and physically demanding a role was. But give me a break, it's only a movie.
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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 retired from rugby because I was old and getting really slow.
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I am always saying, 'I don't believe in God I believe in Al Pacino.' And that's true. If I ever get a phone call saying 'Would you like to work with Al Pacino?' I would go crazy.
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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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There is no good side to celebrity.
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You don't need a man, you need a champion.
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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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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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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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[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 thank whoever's up there for giving me the opportunity to be loved.
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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.
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Every time I wake up, I see myself like somebody beat me up.
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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.
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