Javier Bardem Quotes

There is no middle ground in Hollywood; you're a failure or you're a success. That mentality is wild.

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

I've always belonged to the street, and I always will. It's in my DNA.

I used to be a good party boy. I'm old. I'm an old man. You pay the consequences. I'm just fine with a couple of drinks, no more than that.

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

When you're working with the best, it helps you to be good because then you are focusing on what you have to do.

I'm not the kind of actor that gets crazy with [directors'] names, what draws me toward a project is the material itself.

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 truly thank whoever's up there for giving me the opportunity to be loved.

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

I have a man and a woman in the same body; I have the male and female values in the same body.

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

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.

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

The middle and working classes are paying the debt that the financial markets created.

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

I hate violence. When I hold a gun, I feel death in my hands, but it's fun to pretend in the movies.

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

An award doesn't necessarily make you a better actor.

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

I enjoy my job as long as I can create a character, otherwise it's boring.

I'm a great believer in stunt doubles. They do an amazing job.

Only unfulfilled love can be romantic

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

Age has no reality except in the physical world. The essence of a human being is resistant to the passage of time.

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

The bad news is that only the bad people reach the news because they are noisier.

You shall love. Whether you like it or not.