When I see myself at 14 years old I can put my hands on my head and think: 'How could I have done that?' but at that time it had sense for me. You do the same when you're 20. And now, when you look at people who are 20 years old you ask yourself: 'Was I like that? Was I really like that?'
Javier BardemMany people out there don't have a choice, in choosing their friends and the people they're being manipulated by.
Javier BardemThe award is important in order to bring people to the movie theater. That's the only principle meaning of any award.
Javier BardemI will work with a director who has good material because at the end of the day, that's what counts.
Javier BardemThe 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.
Javier Bardem