Javier Bardem

The fact that I like to make characters doesn't mean that I like to watch my characters being made, my performance.

The good thing about being an actor, and the gift of being an actor, is that you are beautifully forced to see the world with different eyes.

I can't imagine what it would be like being James Bond 24 hours. That must be exhausting.

Many people out there don't have a choice in choosing their friends and the people they're being manipulated by. Thank God, I have that choice. I can use my judgment and choose.

People have been born in refugee camps and they are getting tired of that.

I'm happily married.

I've always said that playing rugby in Spain is like being a bullfighter in Japan.

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

Celebrity is very weird.

We actors always say how difficult and physically demanding a role was. But give me a break, it's only a movie.

But don't call me an actor. I'm just a worker. I am an entertainer. Don't say that what I am doing is art.

The only thing I can do is act, but it's not something I even feel comfortable doing. It costs me a lot, because I'm a shy person, even if I don't look it.