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
I'm a huge fan of the director, Alejandro González Iñárritu, and his work, and I knew he was going to be an amazing actor's director, based on the performances that I saw in his movies.
I'm not the kind of actor that gets crazy with [directors'] names, what draws me toward a project is the material itself.
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.
We actors always say how difficult and physically demanding a role was. But give me a break, it's only a movie.
But don't call me an actor. I'm just a worker. I am an entertainer. Don't say that what I am doing is art.
An award doesn't necessarily make you a better actor.
Really, I don't see this heart-throb thing at all.
You are always concerned about the makeup work, especially when you are going to do a character movie instead of an action movie.
You know I don't like to talk about my personal life.
What does my performance have to do with Russell Crowe's? Nothing. If I play Gladiator and we all play Gladiator with Ridley Scott in the same amount of time, maybe we have a chance to see who did it best.
When I was doing Arenas dying of Aids, I watched Philadelphia 13 or 14 times, because I thought Tom Hanks was making good choices.
The background - your own history - is way more important than what you can achieve as a professional.
The personal thing is something I have never talked about. And I never will. That is prohibited. My job is public. But that's it. When you're not working, you don't have an obligation to be public.
The fact that I like to make characters doesn't mean that I like to watch my characters being made, my performance.