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.

Quote by Javier Bardem

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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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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 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.

Celebrity is very weird.

Celebrity is very weird.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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.

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...

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 don't know how to drive a car.

I don't know how to drive a car.

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...

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...