Every time, I reaffirm in myself that the more comfortable you are, the less you are creating. You have to feel a little bit of pain in the creation..

When you're feeling very comfortable with an actor, you are doing nothing..

I mean, the Constitution of this country was written 200 years ago. The house I was living in in Madrid is 350 years old! America is still a project,….

In my personal life, I am very contemplative..

Expectation is the mother of all frustration..

I'm a complete hypochondriac. If my heart starts beating a little faster than normal, I think I'm having an attack..

Whatever happens in my life from now on, I know the day I finally die - the final act of my script - people will always make references to the work I….

If they had offered me James Bond, I probably couldn't have gone to England anymore in my life. James Bond with an accent? That would have been somet….

I have a fantastic studio in my home, and it's my biggest toy. I have about a half a million dollars worth of musical equipment in my house..

Up until the time I was 31 years old, in Spain, I still didn't know how I was going to pay the rent..

I like flesh. I do! Something to hold..

I discovered very soon, especially for movies, because I started in theater, that every director has his own universe. You have to be free enough to ….

First of all, we have exactly the opposite type of audiences, for obvious reasons. So the competition is not going to be between the movies. I wish D….

The recycling in my house was imposed by my kids..

I don't like to over-intellectualize scenes that are working. I tend to think when you do that you may lose it..

You see a woman, 22 years old, going out with a guy over 60 - and it's kind of natural. But if it happens in the opposite direction everyone says, 'W….

I'm not such a big star. I am just a little planet. In Spain, people don't put so much attention on the star system. But here in America, I can feel ….

I completely take on the risk, the poker game, which being an artist means, and I'm going to try to make a film which honestly reflects what I have i….

I've never liked watching real-life couples play couples onscreen or onstage. It takes me out of the story..

As an actor, when you encounter a psychopathic personality, you naturally want to make him 'bigger than life,' as the Americans say..

One thing I have clear is that I don't want to work for money anymore..