#to

What is life? A madness. What is life? An illusion, a shadow, a story. And the greatest good is little enough; for all life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams. ↗

— Pedro Calderon de la Barca

#dreams #enough #good #greatest #illusion

I look at myself, and I see a Spanish person who's trying to be understood by an English-speaking audience and is putting a lot of energy into that, instead of into expressing himself freely and feeling comfortable. ↗

— Javier Bardem

#comfortable #energy #english-speaking #expressing #feeling

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. ↗

— Javier Bardem

#artistic #began #best #concern #continue

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

#actor #believe #called #five #great

A photograph can be an instant of life captured for eternity that will never cease looking back at you. ↗

— Brigitte Bardot

#captured #cease #eternity #instant #life

If this fame, which people call my lucky break, were to stop tomorrow, I shouldn't care. ↗

— Brigitte Bardot

#call #care #fame #i #lucky

My parents gave me a strict upbringing, which at times has caused me to suffer distress but today I am grateful to them for it. ↗

— Brigitte Bardot

#caused #distress #gave #grateful #i

Now, if there was one woman in the world who didn't need publicity, who always had too much publicity, it was me. ↗

— Brigitte Bardot

#had #me #much #need #now

Every great work of art has two faces, one toward its own time and one toward the future, toward eternity. ↗

— Daniel Barenboim

#eternity #every #faces #future #great

Now the first step has to be taken, the step towards democracy. This step is full of risks, and requires trust on all sides. We don't know where it will lead. But if we just stand still, we will have no chance of escaping the violence. ↗

— Daniel Barenboim

#democracy #escaping #first #first step #full