Javier Bardem

“You know I don't like to talk about my personal life.”

“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.”

“Bond is the longest-running franchise ever and there's a reason for that: they are action movies but they are also touched by current events without being political or too serious.”

“I believe in people.”

“I do respect people's faith, but I don't respect their manipulation of that faith in order to create fear and control.”

“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.”

“I don't know how to drive a car.”

“I enjoy my job as long as I can create a character, otherwise it's boring.”

“I was emotionally and physically punched in the stomach. This is not a place where you go and deliver the lines and then you come back. It's kind of a life-changing experience. But it can't get better than this for any actor - this is like an opera.”

“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.”

“I don't belive in God. I believe in...Al Pacino.”

“Everybody in Spain is sick of me. But in America, there's curiosity about the new kid on the block who doesn't speak English very well. The attention makes me feel vulnerable, which is something I hadn't felt in a while. But I like it.”

“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.”

“Some quality performances and movies have a chance to be rewarded, but it's not like it's a bible.”

“The bad news is that only the bad people reach the news because they are noisier.”

“There is no middle ground in Hollywood; you're a failure or you're a success. That mentality is wild.”

“But I remember the moment when my father died. I wasn't a very committed Catholic beforehand, but when that happened it suddenly all felt so obvious: I now believe religion is our attempt to find an explanation, for us to feel more protected.”