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.

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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.

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 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...

Celebrity is very weird.

Celebrity is very weird.

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...

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 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 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...

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

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

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...

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...

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,...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...