I hate violence. When I hold a gun, I feel death in my hands, but it's fun to pretend in the movies.
Javier BardemWhen I was born, there was a very isolated idea of what it meant to be a man or a woman, and you belonged to one gender or the other.
Javier BardemWhen you know people are really at peace with who they are and what they do, they collaborate and want to help you to improve.
Javier BardemI 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.
Javier BardemA 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.
Javier Bardem