Spanish - Actor | March 1, 1969 -
This great imperialistic world called the United States has made us believe that an Oscar is the most important thing in the world for an actor. But if you think about it for five minutes you realise it can't be.
Javier Bardem
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Sometimes I say to myself, what are you doing in this absurd job? Why don't you go to Africa and help people? But I cannot help people, because I am a hypochondriac.
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I don't know how to drive a car.
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I want to act because I don't know how to do anything else.
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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.
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I will work with a director who has good material because at the end of the day, that's what counts.
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I live in Spain. Oscars are something that are on TV Sunday night. Basically, very late at night. You don't watch, you just read the news after who won or who lost.
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The award is important in order to bring people to the movie theater. That's the only principle meaning of any award.
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Awards were made in Hollywood, in whatever the time it was created. They're to promote each other's movies. You give me an award, I give you an award and people will believe that we are great movies and they'll go to see them. It's still the same.
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Some quality performances and movies have a chance to be rewarded, but it's not like it's a bible.
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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.
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We actors always say how difficult and physically demanding a role was. But give me a break, it's only a movie.
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