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Javier Bardem Biography

Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem (Spanish pronunciation: [xaˈβjer βarˈðen]; born 1 March 1969) is a Spanish actor. Bardem won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as the psychopathic assassin Anton Chigurh in the 2007 Coen Brothers film No Country for Old Men. He has also received critical acclaim for roles in films such as Jamón, jamón, Carne trémula, Boca a boca, Los lunes al sol, Mar adentro, and Skyfall, for which he received both a BAFTA and a SAG nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

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Imagine the situation between Israel and Palestine. It's such a big mess. You can be on one side or the other. But what's clear is that there's an urgent need for a solution there and that's been dragging on for so long.

Big, Imagine, Israel, Long, Needs, Side

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

Born, Camps, People, Refugee, Tired

I don't think an actor needs to necessarily go through his things to do his job. I think it's way more important to imagine. And then, when you're imagining, your experiences, your images and your own personal things will show up, but you keep imagining. You don't get stuck in your own personal things, otherwise you are telling your story in every character, and that's not interesting for anybody.

Actor, Character, Interesting, Stuck, Things, Thinking

[That night] I was sitting by Jack Nicholson with my long list of thanks, and I said, `I'm so nervous. I don't know what to say if I go up there. ' He said, `Don't get emotional, drop the names, and dedicate it to your mother. '

Emotional, List, Mom, Mother, Night

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

Crazy, Directors, Material, Names, Project, Toward

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.

Believe, Catholic, Father, Moment, Remember

My truth - what I believe - is that there are no answers here and, if you are looking for answers, you'd better choose the question carefully.

Answers, Believe, Carefully, Choose, My Truth, Question

Age has no reality except in the physical world. The essence of a human being is resistant to the passage of time.

Age, Essence, Passage, Reality, Resistant

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 go to someplace else.

Abandon, Body, Emotional, Like, Specific, Weight

My concern is to continue respecting my work as I've done since I began as an actor and I could only do that if I'm strong enough to keep on doing what I think best in an artistic way.

Actors, Concern, Strong, Think, Thinking

And the whole Oscar thing, that is just surreal: you spend months and months doing promotion, and then come back to reality with this golden thing in your hands. You put it in the office and then you just have to look at it sitting on the shelf. And, after about two weeks, you go: 'What is that doing there?'

Golden, Hands, Look, Reality, Shelf, Two

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.

Bond, Current, Events, Political, Reason, Running

We live in a world of denial, and we don't know what the truth is anymore.

Anymore, Denial, Truth Is, World

I truly thank whoever's up there for giving me the opportunity to be loved.

Giving, Loved, Opportunity, Thank

I am always saying, 'I don't believe in God; I believe in Al Pacino. ' And that's true. If I ever get a phone call saying 'Would you like to work with Al Pacino?' I would go crazy.

Believe, Crazy, Like, Phones, Work

All of the good movies are based on how that story was told. And you cannot do it with a bad script, that's for sure, no matter who.

Bad, Good, Good Movie, Matter, Script, Stories

I retired from rugby because I was old and getting really slow.

Old, Retired, Rugby, Slow

I do a job and am lucky enough to do a job that I love, but it is a hard one. I'm not saying it is as hard as working in a coal mine, but it is still difficult in a different way. Sometimes you have to go through very strong emotional journeys and then come back to yourself. And that can be difficult to control.

Come, Control, Emotional, Jobs, Journey, Strong

This great imperialistic world called the United States has made us believe that an Oscar is the most important thing in the world for an actor. But if you think about it for five minutes you realise it cant be.

Actor, Believe, Five, Important, Thinking

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.

Block, Curiosity, Kids, Like, Speak English

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