I do respect people's faith, but I don't respect their manipulation of that faith in order to create fear and control.

Quote by Javier Bardem

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I don't really care where movies come from as long as they're worth making.

I don't really care where movies come from as long as they're worth making.

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

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

I will work with a director who has good material because at the end of...

I will work with a director who has good material because at the end of...

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

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

I truly don't have any formula for the choices I make.

I truly don't have any formula for the choices I make.

But don't call me an actor. I'm just a worker. I am an entertainer. Don't...

But don't call me an actor. I'm just a worker. I am an entertainer. Don't...

I don't know how to drive a car.

I don't know how to drive a car.

Some quality performances and movies have a chance to be rewarded, but it's not like...

Some quality performances and movies have a chance to be rewarded, but it's not like...

We actors always say how difficult and physically demanding a role was. But give me...

We actors always say how difficult and physically demanding a role was. But give me...

What does my performance have to do with Russell Crowe's? Nothing. If I play Gladiator...

What does my performance have to do with Russell Crowe's? Nothing. If I play Gladiator...

The award is important in order to bring people to the movie theater. That's the...

The award is important in order to bring people to the movie theater. That's the...

I live in Spain. Oscars are something that are on TV Sunday night. Basically, very...

I live in Spain. Oscars are something that are on TV Sunday night. Basically, very...

Sometimes I say to myself, what are you doing in this absurd job? Why don't...

Sometimes I say to myself, what are you doing in this absurd job? Why don't...

My concern is to continue respecting my work as I've done since I began as...

My concern is to continue respecting my work as I've done since I began as...

Now, there are so many movies, so many festivals, and so many awards going on,...

Now, there are so many movies, so many festivals, and so many awards going on,...

Awards were made in Hollywood, in whatever the time it was created. They're to promote...

Awards were made in Hollywood, in whatever the time it was created. They're to promote...

Celebrity is very weird.

Celebrity is very weird.

This great imperialistic world called the United States has made us believe that an Oscar...

This great imperialistic world called the United States has made us believe that an Oscar...

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

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

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

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