Javier Bardem
Javier Bardem
Javier Ángel Encinas Bardemis a Spanish actor from the Canary Islands. He is best known for his role in the 2007 film No Country for Old Men, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor portraying the psychopathic assassin Anton Chigurh. 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...
NationalitySpanish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth1 March 1969
CityLas Palmas, Spain
CountrySpain
My first part was in a film where I played a sadomasochist who killed people and created fun orgies. I'm a method actor. I went to every orgy in the world.
Only unfulfilled love can be romantic
When you're working with the best, it helps you to be good because then you are focusing on what you have to do.
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.
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.
I don't really care where movies come from as long as they're worth making.
I can't imagine what it would be like being James Bond 24 hours. That must be exhausting.
People have been born in refugee camps and they are getting tired of that.
I truly thank whoever's up there for giving me the opportunity to be loved.
Every time I wake up, I see myself like somebody beat me up.
I think the most difficult love begins with one's self. How you treat yourself is something you bring to your relationships.
There is no good side to celebrity.
I think we are living in selfish times. I'm the first one to say that I'm the most selfish. We live in the so-called 'first world,' and we may be first in a lot of things like technology, but we are behind in empathy.
I retired from rugby because I was old and getting really slow.