You have to be in good shape, basically. And then, you have to have a certain craziness, if you're going to do some of the action things.

I am lucky, that is all. Lucky because there are a lot of people - producers, directors, people who buy tickets - who put confidence in me.

I think the problems with being older come when your body cannot do what your mind wants. Then, Houston, we have a problem.

I think the worst enemy for success is the anxiousness to get it.

Listen, I think movies serve many different purposes, from those movies that are frivolous and just an entertainment, to movies that just go to exploring the complexities of the human soul. Everything is valid if it's done with honesty and dignity, and I actually do both of those types of movies in my career.

As an actor, when you encounter a psychopathic personality, you naturally want to make him 'bigger than life,' as the Americans say.

Up until the time I was 31 years old, in Spain, I still didn't know how I was going to pay the rent.