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.

Quote by Javier Bardem

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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.

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,...

The only thing I can do is act, but it's not something I even feel...

The only thing I can do is act, but it's not something I even feel...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

I don't know how to drive a car.

I don't know how to drive a car.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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 look at myself, and I see a Spanish person who's trying to be understood...

I look at myself, and I see a Spanish person who's trying to be understood...

I do respect people's faith, but I don't respect their manipulation of that faith in...

I do respect people's faith, but I don't respect their manipulation of that faith in...