Lists Quotes by Javier Bardem

Awards were made in Hollywood, in whatever the time it was created. They're to promote each other's movies. You give me an award, I…

— Javier Bardem

When you are portraying somebody that has a very specific emotional weight, you feel like you're really starting to abandon your own body and…

— Javier Bardem

I've always said I don't believe in God, I believe in Al Pacino.

— Javier Bardem

I'm not the kind of actor that gets crazy with [directors'] names, what draws me toward a project is the material itself.

— Javier Bardem

“I don't believe in God, I only believe in Al Pacino, and that's the truth.”

— Javier Bardem

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.

— Javier Bardem

Now, there are so many movies, so many festivals, and so many awards going on, each judged with each other, like your work is…

— Javier Bardem

I don't like to talk about my personal life.

— Javier Bardem

I hate violence. When I hold a gun, I feel death in my hands, but it's fun to pretend in the movies.

— Javier Bardem

The earliest memories I have from my childhood are of my mum getting ready to go on stage. I must have been about five…

— Javier Bardem

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

— Javier Bardem

I wanted to become a painter for a while. I think it was because I was lazy.

— Javier Bardem