What does my performance have to do with Russell Crowe's? Nothing. If I play Gladiator and we all play Gladiator with Ridley Scott in the same amount of time, maybe we have a chance to see who did it best.

Quote by Javier Bardem

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Celebrity is very weird.

Celebrity is very weird.

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...

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...

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 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...

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 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...

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

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

I don't know how to drive a car.

I don't know how to drive a car.

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 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.

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 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...

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...

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 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.

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...