Javier Bardem Quotes
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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I don't want to come off like the jealous brother who wasn't getting the attention, but it was like no one was really into me anyway. I wasn't really a priority.
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A painting probably is the most shocking increase in value, from what it costs to make to what you sell it for.
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I consider myself as a free spokesman for the people.
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Once brave politicians and others explain the war on drugs' true cost, the American people will scream for a cease-fire. Bring the troops home, people will urge. Treat drugs as a health problem, not as a matter for the criminal justice system.
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Many artists and writers have used cannabis for creative stimulation - from the writers of the world's religious masterpieces to our most irreverent satirists.
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Parodies of commercials are by no means new and have been popular going back to black-and-white TV shows of the '50s.
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Any time you have an injury, it's going to be tough.
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Sometimes you have to laugh about what gets published; sometimes it's annoying, but in general I don't care.
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Bleaching eyebrows makes me crazy.
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My films have been progressing towards a certain kind of minimalism, even though it was never intended. Elements which can be eliminated have been eliminated.
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Everything is creative. It's all relative to me. No matter what, you've gotta use your imagination, use your senses.
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The names of common flowers change from decade to decade, so I spent a lot of time with old outdated dictionaries, with awful flower names like 'mouse-eared chickweed.'
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I always wrote about things that were important to me. I think our past success showed that it was also important for a lot of others.
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Just because I don't show six-pack abs doesn't mean that I don't have them.
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I'm not the best audience for that because I'm not a great science-fiction fan. I just never got off on space ships and space costumes, things like that.
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Most geniuses are weird.
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I always felt more emotionally attached to Cambodia than I did to Vietnam.
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For me, acting comes straight from the heart. In that sense I don't act at all. I think that to feel the character's pain I have to be myself. Somewhere audiences see that.
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I would never do 'Playboy.'
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The landscape is television has changed so much, because there are so many outlets, that the odds of getting a zeitgeisty hit - you know how 'American Idol' seems to appeal to every human being on the planet? Doing that in comedy nowadays is very, very hard.
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The person whose work introduced me to the craft was Lorraine Hansberry. The person who taught me to love the craft was Tennessee Williams. The person who really taught me the power of the craft was August Wilson, and the person who taught me the political heft of the craft was Arthur Miller.
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It bring a tear to my eye to see native New York people give me my props because New York is stubborn and arrogant.
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It took me a long time to be able to write for the 'New Yorker,' and for me, that has been the best job. I live a very conventional life, but reporting for the magazine has allowed me to do things I would never otherwise do, such as investigating a criminal conspiracy in Guatemala or trekking through the Amazon looking for a lost city.
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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.
