“Now I fear no longer Javier Bardem”
“There was a time when you thought you would get a slap on the face if you asked a question to Javier Bardem.”
“Now he is kindness itself.”
“Think what a wife and two children can do.”
“We met at a so-called junket in the mexican Cancun many years ago. It was one of those presstillställning where the film of stacked films on high, and then invited the journalists for a few intense days got to interview the actors on a conveyor belt. “
“Before the interview in a hotel suite at the Ritz-Carlton, we ran at each other at the beach.”
“Bardem responded irritated my eyes, as if the sand was only his.”
“During the four hours delay of the interview, he was surly, sullen, almost hostile – and wanted less than to answer some questions.”
“Colleagues who were there testified to similar treatment.”
“Now we meet again – in an open bungalow inside at Nikki Beach on the beach in Cannes.”
“It’s like meeting a completely different person.”
“Bardem, 50, smiles. He laughs. Body language is open, friendly. He listens to the questions, leans interested forward and respond in detail.”
” I have not seen a tv series since ”Falcon crest”. I have never seen an episode of ”Breaking bad”, not any of the ”Sopranos” – no tv at all, he admits.”
” I’m not saying I’m proud of it, but it is just the way it is. I don’t have time.”
“I would ask if it has to do with family life with Penelope Cruz and their two children, Leo, 8, and Luna, 5.”
“Had this been a few years ago, the subject had been given him to travel and draw.”
“Now, only he smiles and corrects the bluish-gray jacket that he pulled over a bright polo shirt.”
“– The only thing I see is ”the Coco” over and over and over again, because it is the my kids want to see. I can also all the songs to ”Frozen” by heart. I can’t wait on the sequel. And on ”Toy story 4” (laughter).”
“Then he tells us about the importance of family to work, it always takes priority, and that this other – the film career – is not everything.”
“At the cannes film festival in Cannes, he has been before.”
” I was here in 2005 and went on one party after the other. Now party I is no longer. Now it will be a dinner and then back to the hotel.”
“Missed bakfyllor beds of course, fewer mood swings.”
“In combination with papparollen, it has probably contributed to the Bardems transformation.”
“The one who is happy and have it good are usually also decent against the rest of the world.”
“the Threat: It would be surprising if the ”Rocketman” – inspired by Elton John’s life, will not be the summer’s big filmhit.”
“Note: People fell asleep to the right and left of me in the aisle during the premiere of Nicolas Winding Refn painfully slow drama ”Too old to die young”.”
“Hotter: Taron Edgertons and Elton John’s appearances on the beach here in Cannes on Thursday evening, is something people will talk about for a long time. “
