127 Quotes by Javier Bardem

Even in the darkest regions, people have discovered their right of freedom.

The middle and working classes are paying the debt that the financial markets created.

A part of being an actor is I people watch. I like to observe their behaviour, watch their reactions on the street and see how they talk to each other, and that's impossible when they are looking back at you. I used to enjoy taking the train and watching people in their own minds, struggling with themselves.

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

I look in the mirror and I don't see a sex symbol. I just see a guy who looks like he's been beaten with a baseball bat. I mean, is this the face of a sex symbol? They say that because I work in the movies.

I will work with a director who has good material because at the end of the day, that's what counts.

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

Sometimes I say to myself, what are you doing in this absurd job? Why dont you go to Africa and help people? But I cannot help people, because I am a hypochondriac.

You don't need a man, you need a champion.