Javier Bardem Quotations

I think the most difficult love begins with one's self. How you treat yourself is something you bring to your relationships.

As an actor, you can't judge. A great actress from Spain said, "We, the actors, are lawyers of the characters we play. We have to defend them, no matter what."

I'm a huge fan of the director, Alejandro González Iñárritu, and his work, and I knew he was going to be an amazing actor's director, based on the performances that I saw in his movies.

When you're working with the best, it helps you to be good because then you are focusing on what you have to do.

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

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

I'm getting so old - it's more uncomfortable to do those scenes now than when I was 20. I mean, I don't have a big problem with nudity on screen. But usually the days when you do those naked love scenes are the weirdest ones on set. Everyone is uncomfortable. You're like, 'Hi. How are you?' Then the next minute you're with an actress who you don't know and you're pretending to make love to her in front of all the crew. The acting challenge is pretending things are OK.

The earliest memories I have from my childhood are of my mum getting ready to go on stage. I must have been about five and I would watch her vomiting backstage on opening night, and then the next minute she became Isabella, the Queen of Spain. At the time I remember thinking, 'What kind of schizophrenic job is this?' Now it all makes sense.

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

Many people out there don't have a choice, in choosing their friends and the people they're being manipulated by.